Dolly Parton Quotes
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I do believe that any successful business starts from the top and works its way down.
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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.
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If I can get my dress on, my weight is under control.
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I'll be like Bob Hope, touring when I'm 100.
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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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A gypsy told me I was going to do great things. I was going to make all kinds of money.
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I don't think of myself as a feminist, but if someone calls me a feminist icon, that's fine. I've always stood up for women and myself in general. I have a great love and respect, because I have had beautiful sisters, aunts and my grandmas, but I love men. I totally understand the nature of men.
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I'm very secure about my talents and about who I am.
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When people say to me less is more I reply, 'More is more'.
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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've never been more moved by a voice than I have been by Roy Orbison. I loved him personally, and I loved his voice. I think of him often and frequently listen to his songs.
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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.
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If teardrops were pennies and heartaches were gold, I'd have all the treasures my pockets could hold.
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I'm not a politician. And I don't want to be.
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I always love working with children. I never had children of my own. God has his purposes. God didn't let me have children so everybody's children could be mine. That's kind of how I'm looking at it.
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Being brought up very religious, I have a fear of people that look to idol gods.
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I sing as an actress. Whatever I'm singing about, I just become the story.
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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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I don't think I'm a great actress. I think I can act or I can react. Coming from a musical background and being a dramatic singer and writer, when I write stuff I really feel it. So I sing it like it comes from here. That's how I do the acting.
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Some of my dreams are so big they would scare you.
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I don't have maids or servants, and my husband and I love waking up early and going to the 24-hour supermarket when there is nobody else there.
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I've used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool... but that's just natural.
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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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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.