Dolly Parton Quotes
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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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My husband calls me 'catfish.' He says I'm all mouth and no brains.
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[On being overweight:] If I tried to haul ass, I would have to make two trips.
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I'll never graduate from collagen.
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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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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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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 not sixty, I'm "sexty.
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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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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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Writing's just as natural to me as getting up and cooking breakfast.
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People always ask me if they're mine. Yes, they are... all bought and paid for.
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The music does bring us together and it's cheaper than therapy!
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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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My mistakes are no worse than yours.
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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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You can't just wish to be a millionaire; you have to figure out how to earn it.
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I have a life outside the arenas.
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I'll never harden my heart but I've toughened the muscles around it.
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I love everybody. My heart's open to everybody.
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Truth is, I wouldn't know a gigabyte from a snakebite.
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I always ask God to work through me and let me be a light of some kind and help in this world, so I always pray for that, and I always want to do good.
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You always want your people to be proud of what you have accomplished.