Dolly Parton Quotes
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Cheating love is just as real as un-cheating love.
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I will never retire unless I have to.
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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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In the early days, Porter Wagoner would not exactly scold me, but he's say, 'You're writing too many damn verses. You're makin' these songs too damn long.' And I'd say, 'Yeah, but I'm tellin' a story. I have a story to tell.' And he'd say, 'Well, you're not going to get it on the radio.' If I start writing a song, I'm writing it for a reason. People would say that I had to have two verses, and a chorus, and a bridge. I tried to learn that formula.
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I think [music and acting], they are connected, all that stuff. It's your emotional self, is pretty much how you do it, I think, from whatever place you do it, whether you're acting or you're singing.
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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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What people do behind closed doors is certainly not my concern unless I'm there with them.
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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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I don't know what the big deal is about old age. Old people who shine from the inside look 10 to 20 years younger.
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I'll never graduate from collagen.
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The music does bring us together and it's cheaper than therapy!
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I know when something ain't right, and I know exactly what I will or won't tolerate.
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Life is a song to me.
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I'm pretty sure in my older years, I'll be doing old-time flavored folk-mountain music.
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My grandpa was a preacher.
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Working nine to five, what way to earn a living. Barely getting by... It's all taking and no giving. They use just your mind and they never give you credit. It's enough to drive you crazy if you let it!
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I'll just wait right here for you cause I know your new love won't last. I wound easy, but I heal fast.
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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'm comfortable in my own skin, no matter how far it's stretched. Ha ha.
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As a songwriter, you're allowed to write anything, and as a person, I am all colors in the rainbow. I've been through everything, you know, so I can write a positive song like 'Better Get to Livin'' because that's my attitude. But that doesn't mean I'm happy all the time. You can't be a deep and serious songwriter without feelings. You kinda have to live with your feelings out on your sleeve and get hurt more than most people. The fear I might get hurt means I might not be able to write another song.
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I've copyrighted 3,000 songs.
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I've always kinda been a little outcast myself, a little oddball, doin' my thing, my own way. And it's been hard for me to, to be accepted, certainly in the early years of my life.
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My first phone was two tin cans tied together with string, and it worked pretty good.
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I say, 'Yeah, Taylor Swift.' I think she is a smart, beautiful girl. I think she's making all the right moves. She's got a good head on her shoulders. She's surrounded with wonderful people. Her songs are great. She keeps herself anchored. She knows who she is, and she's living and standing by that.