Dolly Parton Quotes
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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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My fat never made me less money.
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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 pray a lot. I pray that God will show me what to do and will guide me and lead me.
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I have been asked to pose for Penthouse on my hundredth birthday. Everybody is going to be sorry.
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Leave something good in every day.
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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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I do wear wigs. ... I sometimes make the joke about me standing on a hilltop with my hair blowing in the wind - and me too proud to run after it.
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the magic is inside you. there ain't no crystal ball
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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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I try not to go around looking like a hag.
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I'm very secure about my talents and about who I am.
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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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Poor little Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan... If those little girls slept with as many men as they say in the tabloids, why their little butts would have more fingerprints than the FBI! I kinda feel sorry for them. We should give those two a break.
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The tits and the hair and the personality helped build the whole Dolly deal, but it was my music that brought me out of the Smokey Mountains.
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A lot of my heartbreak songs are inspired by things my sisters are going through, or friends.
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Love is only as strong as your weakest moment.
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I look just like the girls next door... if you happen to live next door to an amusement park.
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I'm very proud of all the bluegrass-oriented albums. It just reminded me and my fans that I should always record acoustic music and country records, along with anything else that I might want to do.
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Sometimes when I'm under pressure, if I think somebody is expecting stuff from me, I'll do better than if I was just left on my own. I can sit down - I'm a skilled writer, I've been doing it all my life - and I can get down to it.
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I wear wigs all the time on shows, and every day when I'm in public, at Dollywood. People say, 'How many wigs do you have?' And I say, 'Well, at least 365 because I wear at least one a day.'
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They let you dream just to watch them shatter, you're just a step on the boss man's ladder.
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...everyone's life is different, and everyone's journey is different.
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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.