Dolly Parton Quotes
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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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When I get down, I don't waller around for long.
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I believe above the storm the smallest prayer will still be heard.
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Now I usually try not to give advice. Information, yes, advice, no. But, what has worked for me may not work for you. Well, take for instance what has worked for me. Wigs. Tight clothes. Push up bras.
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My best country record only sold 200,000 copies. I didn't have enough money for the band and the arrangements and the costumes and all. I had to move into wider fields.
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Until I was a teenager, I used red pokeberries for lipstick and a burnt matchstick for eyeliner. I used honeysuckle for perfume.
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Many of my friends are gay, male and female. I don't judge people. I don't care what people do in their bedrooms and people shouldn't care what I do in mine.
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God tells us not to judge one another, no matter what anyone's sexual preferences are or if they're black, brown or purple.
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Children have always responded to me because I have that cartoon-character look.
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People like bluegrass. It's had a following amongst a lot of hip and young people. A lot of college kids like bluegrass.
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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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It's great at this stage in my life to still be in the running, that people appreciate you.
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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 do have a lot of gays in my family now, but some will never come out.
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I just don't feel like I have to explain myself.
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You'll pay the highest price on back roads and in back seats and in a cheap highway motel. But what's a few more strangers in a life of nothing else.
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I just always knew I was going to be a star. I was always going to be rich so I could buy things for Mommy and Daddy, so that I could buy them a big house and we could have things.
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Being born was the worse and the first mistake I ever made. The doctor didn't spank me, he just slapped me in the face.
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I figure if I keep my health, I have no intention of retiring. I love to work. I want to be like Bob Hope.
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I have tennis shoes with little rhinestones that I slip on if I exercise. But I always wear heels, even around the house. I'm such a short little thing, I can't reach my kitchen cabinets.
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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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I'm not a politician. And I don't want to be.
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Some things are strange to me, and some things are odd. But I don't condemn. If you can accept me, I can accept you.
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I thank God for my failures. Maybe not at the time but after some reflection. I never feel like a failure just because something I tried has failed.