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I've tried different things through the years to get some play on mainstream. I'll try to tailor-make it.
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Sometimes I start with a great title or idea, sometimes a great melody will run through my mind; but the higher percentage of the time, the words and music pretty much come at the same time.
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Living in America and, of course, just being women in general, we've got more strength than we think we do.
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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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Even now, if I am thinking about spending a lot of money on clothing or furniture, I think 'I can't spend so much money on one thing; my poor old Daddy could have raised his family five years on that!'
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Actually, I hear a lot of rock music. My husband is a big rock fan.
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I do believe that any successful business starts from the top and works its way down.
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I modelled my looks on the town tramp.
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I have a good attitude. And I was born with a happy heart. I'm always looking for things to be better.
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It's when you treat people like freaks that you become one yourself.
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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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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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[On being overweight:] If I tried to haul ass, I would have to make two trips.
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'9 to 5 the Musical' is perfect for anyone that's ever wanted to string up their boss, which is almost all of us.
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I don't have to keep a diary. It seems like for the last 40 years my life has been lived in the press, so I can Google any date in my history and find out what I was doing.
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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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I'm almost like three people. There's me the, Dolly, the person. There's me, the star. And then there's me, the manager.
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I'm so thankful I can write songs. I can capture all those memories in my songs and keep those memories alive.
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If I'd married someone in show business, there'd be too much competition.
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I think people take me as seriously as I want them to. They take me as seriously as I take myself - let's put it that way.
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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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I have a big gay and lesbian following and they've been very loyal and kind to me.
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There's a scripture that says, 'A merry heart doeth good like medicine.' I think that's true, too.
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I've always been fascinated by everything with wings.
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