Dolly Parton Quotes
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When I sit back in my rocking chair someday, I want to be able to say I've done it all.
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It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen.
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I have to not harden my heart, because I want to stay open to feel things.
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I think the fact that I look totally artificial, but I am totally real, has its own kind of magic in it.
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I listen to my old records and I think, 'How did I ever get on the radio?'
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I'm always amazed by the people who work on stage who sing night after night, day after day, week in week out.
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My mother was always fascinated with the fact that I could rhyme so much stuff.
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There's a lot of rednecks in the country where I grew up.
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When I get down, I don't waller around for long.
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Speaking of the devil, well here he comes now. Got my defenses down. And I'd go through hell to make him mine.
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It's always great to perform at home in the good ol' U.S.A.
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I went to bed hungry many nights as a child. It was a Dream that dressed me up when I was ragged, and it was a Dream that filled me up when I was hungry. Now it's my Dream to see that no child in this world ever goes hungry, certainly not here in America, the most bountiful country in the world. We can do better...we must!
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Being a star just means that you just find your own special place and that you shine where you are. To me that's what being a star means.
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Goodbye- please don't cry/we both know that I'm not what you need. But I will always love you.
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People think I'm as shallow and superficial as I look, and it's a surprise when they find out, sure enough, I am.
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I'm so thankful I can write songs. I can capture all those memories in my songs and keep those memories alive.
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I usually eat breakfast twice. I'm usually up at 3 a.m. - do my spiritual work, my affirmations, a little bit of songwriting, get my daily work in order, and by that time I've worked up a bigger appetite.
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That traveling man was a two time lover, he took my love, then he took my mother.
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I am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one running out of the closet.
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I am confident that partnering my Dollywood Company with a great company like Gaylord will create something truly special.
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I'm in showbiz. I look at my boobs like they're show horses or show dogs. You've got to keep them groomed.
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I think I've got my business notions and my sense for that sort of thing from my dad. My dad never had a chance to go to school. He couldn't read and write. But he was so smart. He was just one of those people that could just make the most of anything and everything that he had to work with.
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My songs are like my children - I expect them to support me when I'm old.
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Well, I do listen to God for direction, but I really don't have time to listen to other artists all that much.