Dolly Parton Quotes
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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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It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.
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I sing as an actress. Whatever I'm singing about, I just become the story.
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I would honestly say that with all the awards and all the other things that I've done in my life, Dollywood is one of the greatest dreams that I've ever had come true - I am so proud of that I can't even begin to tell you, Dollywood is real special to me.
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Love is only as strong as your weakest moment.
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There's a heart beneath the boobs and a brain beneath the wig.
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I had to get rich so I could afford to sing like I was poor again.
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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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No, I can't do rap music...
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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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Children have always responded to me because I have that cartoon-character look.
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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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All of my brothers and sisters are very talented. They all sang all right.
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I enjoy the way I look, but it's a joke.
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Music, I suppose, will be the thing that sustains me in the time of my life when I am too old for sex and not quite ready to meet God. It has always been an essential part of me.
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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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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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Islands in the streams, that is what we are.
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I'm a singer, a writer and an actress - when I find something that I feel good enough about doing.
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I'm just a simple country girl.
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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 think your values are always influenced by your family and your community.
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After you reach a certain age, they think you’re over. Well, I will never be over. I’ll be making records if I have to sell them out of the trunk of my car. I’ve done that in my past, and I’d do it again.