Dolly Parton Quotes
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When the new country came out ten to 15 years ago, people my age were almost too old. But it never stopped me. I never stopped writing. I never stopped recording.
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If there's something you know and there's something you feel, but you can't quite express it, you will hear it somewhere. And you don't have to worry, because someone will get it sung out.
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No, I can't do rap music...
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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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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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You can bet there's something fishy going on. I guess some large mouth bass left that lipstick on our shirt.
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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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You have to work hard, in order to get anything done.
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You are the song of every bird, you are the poet's every word, every artist's picture, every writer's play.
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Believe it or not, I was just given an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee.
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My music is so mine, it's hard to turn it over to someone else. I have to be really involved in the production. It's like someone else taking care of your kids - if they don't treat them well, you're going to be pissed off. I'm actually co-producing [Backwoods] with my guitar player of 20 years, Kent Wells. We make a good combination... I think we're going to have a real good record.
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I never want anything more than what's fair. The problem is, I never want anything less either. In the old-boy school of business, if a woman walks away from the table with what's rightfully hers, the man feels screwed.
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I can't do nothing just a little.
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I met my husband before I became a star, and he doesn't care about any of it.
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I'm not a politician. And I don't want to be.
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I think country music is popular - has been popular and will always be popular because I think a lot of real people singing about a lot of real stuff about real people. And it's simple enough for people to understand it. And we kind of roll with the punches.
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Smile, it enhances your face value.
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I'm not trying to be fashionable. Never was!
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Love is only as strong as your weakest moment.
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I know that I always wanted things. I was always proud of my people, proud of my home, but I always wanted more. I think most people do.
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My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher. It was a sin to even pluck your eyebrows, and they thought it was a sin for me to be there looking like Jezebel.
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I compare myself to a good barn. You can have a good barn, and if you paint it, it looks a little better. But if you take the paint off, it's still a good barn.
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I do have a few little tattoos, but they were mostly done to cover scars because I'm so fair.
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I may look fake but I'm real where it counts.