Dolly Parton Quotes
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Songwriting is my way of channeling my feelings and my thoughts. Not just mine, but the things I see, the people I care about. My head would explode if I didn't get some of that stuff out.
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We're not all perfect. People always say to me: "Oh you seem happy all the time." But I'm not happy all the time. I'm a human being. I'm very sensitive. I hurt like anybody else. But I do try my best to have a good attitude and I set about tryin' to take care of myself knowing I'm not going to be exactly right, so I just try to see what I can do to improve every single day.
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When I meet someone, I look at their eyes and their smile and seek out the good first - it's easy to find when you're looking for it. You let a person shine with their own light and try to connect it to yours. As soon as I say hello, I go right to that light and I don't care who you are! I know we're all pieces of the same thing - I go for that common light because I know it's in all of us.
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Every day I pray about all I do.
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Its hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world.
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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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Sometimes a song just has to cater to whatever's goin' on. A well-written song is a song that stays true to the subject.
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I'm easy to look like, so there are lots and lots of Dolly look-alikes.
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I don't mind being it [age 60], I just don't like saying it.
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When you come from where I come from, if anyone in the family makes it out, the others kind of come with you.
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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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When I get down, I don't waller around for long.
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Sometimes I start with a great title or idea, sometimes a great melody will run through my mind; but the higher percentage of the time, the words and music pretty much come at the same time.
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I'm very secure about my talents and about who I am.
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I learned early on that I could get a lot of attention by singing and writing little songs, so it was like throwing nuts to a monkey... I just couldn't get enough.
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Got those moods a swinging, tears a slinging, nothing fits me, when it hits me, ranting, raving, misbehaving, PMS blues.
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I've enjoyed all the parts of my career.
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Being brought up very religious, I have a fear of people that look to idol gods. But we are idols and we're all gods, so to speak, and I think that celebrities should acknowledge their responsibility, because we are in a position to help.
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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 grew up around lots of men - my father, my brothers, my uncles - so I wasn't intimidated by them.
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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 never could get my hair to do what I wanted it to do, so I started wearing the wigs. It all came from a very serious place. I wanted to look a certain way.
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People make jokes about my bosoms, why don't they look underneath the breasts at the heart? It's obvious I've got big ones and if people want to assume they're not mine, then let them.
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I don't keep up with a lot of trends. I've never been a fashion horse. I'm so busy writing my songs, trying to maintain my business, and all the new things that come along. I stay working all the time.