Dolly Parton Quotes
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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'm just a person; I like to experience whatever the feeling is and whatever I'm going through.
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My grandpa was a preacher.
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God made me the way that I am and it’s my business to be true to that.
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You gotta keep trying to find your niche and trying to fit into whatever slot that's left for you or to make one of your own.
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A lot of my own relatives didn't get to go to school because we were mountain people. You have to get out and work and help feed the family. My own dad couldn't read and write. And my dad was very proud of me.
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A lot of people think I'm a comedian.
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People get a kick out of my stupidity.
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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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I met my husband before I became a star, and he doesn't care about any 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 remain totally convinced that if we can do one more simple thing to help kids and adults to learn more, it is to inspire them to read more.
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People say I look so happy - and I say, 'That's the Botox.'
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I'll be wearing my high heels, even if I'm up to my knees in mud
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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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A gypsy told me I was going to do great things. I was going to make all kinds of money.
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God and I have a great relationship but we both see other people.
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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 love Indian, Italian and Mexican food. And if it's a romantic type of thing, I like a good French restaurant.
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Writing's just as natural to me as getting up and cooking breakfast.
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I'm not sixty, I'm "sexty.
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I've... been accused of being involved with every man I'm ever seen with or worked with. Maybe I have, maybe I ain't. I never tell if I have.
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I look like a woman, but I think like a man.
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I'm not trying to be fashionable. Never was!