Dolly Parton Quotes
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When I was with Andy Warhol, I thought, 'God, his wig looks cheaper than mine!'
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I write a little something every day, even though I don't write a song [every day]. Everything inspires me. I'll come up with a line, or somebody will say something that will trigger something.
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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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We get along real well actually [with my husband Karl Tomas Din]. We give each other space and he's not in the business and he doesn't want to be. I'm interested in his world, he's interested in mine, but we have our own things that we do together.
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I never could get my hair to do what I wanted it to do, so I started wearing the wigs. It all came from a very serious place. I wanted to look a certain way.
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I love writing every song I can like a little mini movie. I like to have a character, or some characters, and really paint a picture with the song.
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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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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 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 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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No matter what, I always make it home for Christmas. I love to go to my Tennessee Mountain Home and invite all of my nieces and nephews and their spouses and kids and do what we all like to do - eat, laugh, trade presents and just enjoy each other... and sometimes I even dress up like Santa Claus!
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My boobs are fake, my hair's fake but what is real is my voice and my heart.
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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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They think I’m simpleminded because I seem to be happy. Why shouldn’t I be happy? I have everything I ever wanted and more. Maybe I am simpleminded. Maybe that’s the key: simple.
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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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I never have thought I was beautiful and I never can get beautiful enough. I'm always doing whatever I can to look as good as I can, nipping and tucking if necessary. When you're older, you probably look more bizarre to people. But I don't care. I'm just totally convinced that it's more important that I be happy with me.
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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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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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It's almost like being trapped in some other form. The real me is so different from the way I look on the outside.
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All the fame and fortune, glory and prestige, can't make me happy if it goes against what I believe.
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We're afraid to live, because we're afraid of dying.
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You have to work hard, in order to get anything done.
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I do have big tits. Always had 'em - pushed 'em up, whacked 'em around. Why not make fun of 'em? I've made a fortune with 'em.
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I always wanted to be loved.