Dolly Parton Quotes
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Most country songs, certainly all the stuff I've written, are stories driven by characters.
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When I get down, I don't waller around for long.
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'9 to 5 the Musical' is perfect for anyone that's ever wanted to string up their boss, which is almost all of us.
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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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Everything is nothing when you got no one.
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I just love life. I love people. I love to write, that's my gift. I love to sing. I have a good attitude. I like to think I shine from the inside.
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I do write a lot of children's songs, and I'm going to do a children's television show, which also means I'll be doing a lot of albums. So I do hope my future will hold a lot of things for children.
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It seems like the more I give the more I get, and that is the way it is supposed to go in life.
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Every day I pray about all I do.
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With the first money I ever made I bought my Mommy and Daddy a car, and helped them fix their house up.
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I enjoy the way I look, but it's a joke.
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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 try to be good at it, whatever part I'm playing - even in my daily life or when the spotlight hits me on the stage to perform - I gotta be alive every second in this world. With or without the applause!
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I sing as an actress. Whatever I'm singing about, I just become the story.
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It's great at this stage in my life to still be in the running, that people appreciate you.
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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 time I come to Europe, I'm just as excited as I was my very first time, which was many, many years ago. I love that part of the world, and I especially love the fans.
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I'm gonna be making records anyway, even if I had to sell 'em out of the trunk of my car. I'm that kind of musician and singer.
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I never, ever get involved in politics. With politics you are not allowed to be honest. I don't have time to deal with that. I would rather work with kids.
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I didn't know any gay people in my childhood.
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The worst thing about poverty is not the actual living of it, but the shame of it.
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If there's something bothering me in the business end of things with people I work with, I just say it right out.
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I think your values are always influenced by your family and your community.
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Some guys look better as they get older.