Dolly Parton Quotes
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I'm very proud of all the bluegrass-oriented albums. It just reminded me and my fans that I should always record acoustic music and country records, along with anything else that I might want to do.
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I have surrounded myself with very smart people.
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I'm not like a real person. I love being artificial. I think there's a little magic in the fact that I'm so totally real, but look so artificial at the same time.
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I never know tomorrow what I might be doing. I just ask God to lead me and show me and direct me and help me and support me in it. So I just wait to hear the call.
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We're all just a bunch of sinners, but we do the best we can.
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I've always been fascinated by everything with wings.
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It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen.
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I try to be good at it, whatever part I'm playing - even in my daily life or when the spotlight hits me on the stage to perform - I gotta be alive every second in this world. With or without the applause!
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When I sit back in my rocking chair someday, I want to be able to say I've done it all.
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I pray a lot. I pray that God will show me what to do and will guide me and lead me.
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Everybody has a purpose.
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Islands in the streams, that is what we are.
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My fat never made me less money.
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I think the fact that I look totally artificial, but I am totally real, has its own kind of magic in it.
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Sometimes a song just has to cater to whatever's goin' on. A well-written song is a song that stays true to the subject.
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My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved.
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The bible says, 'All things are possible.' I believe that.
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It's always great to perform at home in the good ol' U.S.A.
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I figure if I keep my health, I have no intention of retiring. I love to work. I want to be like Bob Hope. I want to keep on going out and doing what I love to do. Of course, I'm no Bob Hope, but I mean that feeling that you never are old and have things to offer and can be useful to somebody. I always want to be useful, I have no intentions of retiring unless I should get sick or something should happen to my husband. Other than that I'm going to work until I fall over.
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I love the accomplishments and the awards that I've received through the years. But I've always worked more for the rewards than the awards. I've always counted my blessings before I've counted my money. I'm glad that new dreams come to me everyday.
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I embrace everybody for who and what they are.
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I'll bring my grits when I travel, because I get so hungry on the road.
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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 feel fortunate that I've had a lot of songs recorded by other people, because I take my songwriting very seriously. It's only those people that have followed me over the years and really know my work that know how serious I am about all of it - including the way I look. You can't take my high heels from me, you can't have my long fingernails, you can't take all this hair from me, because it's part of this thing that I've become. I wouldn't want to give any of it up. Do I have to be ugly to be a songwriter? This is the way I am, and it's what I choose to be.