Dolly Parton Quotes
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We can't all be stars; we can't all be leaders. We are all God's creatures, living life, and we have that God light in us and we're supposed to let it shine. And not everybody wants to be like me and stick their neck out to get up on stage and perform. There are those like me, but there are also those that are of a shyer nature. And they're smarter than most of us that are out there showing our asses.
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I've never been the big recording star I'd love to be some day. I've had lots of hits off and on through the years but I've never had the success of other artists - one hit after another back-to-back-to-back and big hits, where every song is going to be number one. I'm not greedy or nothing. I just want everything. Is there something wrong with that?
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I'm very upfront and very honest. I don't let a bunch of stuff fester and boil over.
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All my momma's people were very musical. My grandpa, who was the Pentecostal minister, he was a great musician. He played the fiddle, he played the piano.
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I'm working on my life story. I'm not decided if it's going to be a musical or a movie with music in it.
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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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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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If we all climb together, we could climb the highest hill.
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Anyone who knows or cares anything about real country music will agree that George Jones is the voice of it.
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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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I look at myself like a show dog. I've got to keep her clipped and trimmed and in good shape.
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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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When you're 40, you can't ride the fence anymore. You gotta make definite decisions about your life.
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What people do behind closed doors is certainly not my concern unless I'm there with them.
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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 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 love Velveeta cheese.
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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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I do have a few little tattoos, but they were mostly done to cover scars because I'm so fair.
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Love is something sent from Heaven to worry the Hell out of you.
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I've always loved the fans in Scotland and have a little Scottish blood of my own.
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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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I have a life outside the arenas.
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I bought all those fitness videos -- Richard Simmons, Jane Fonda. I love to sit and eat cookies and watch 'em.