Those people who wake up and they're just beautiful, they're just born that way. Well that ain't me. I gotta work for… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I don't make people bend over backwards, and I don't like that in people. I am definitely no diva. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Unless you have spent your life doing something, you are not likely to be successful, so always partner with people who are… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I do think there's gonna always be a group of country people that are always going to love the old traditional sound. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I just love life. I love people. I love to write, that's my gift. I love to sing. I have a good… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
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. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
If there's something bothering me in the business end of things with people I work with, I just say it right out. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I'm just a singer/songwriter and entertainer and I miss people and the energy of the crowd. When I play live it's a… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Many of my friends are gay, male and female. I don't judge people. I don't care what people do in their bedrooms… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I've always been a freak and different, oddball even in my childhood and my own family, so I can relate to people… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm supposed to boss other people around just because I'm a so-called celebrity or star. I hate that when… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Having a big gay following, I get hate mail and threats. Some people are blind or ignorant, and you can't be that… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
All my momma's people were very musical. My grandpa, who was the Pentecostal minister, he was a great musician. He played the… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
All these fine Christian-type people that seem to think they know what God wants for all of us, that's certainly more of… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I was approached about having my own network many, many years ago. There were some people who wanted to start up a… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I always had a very open mind and a very open heart. I always look for the good in everybody and the… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I'm not really a political-type person, meaning that I don't really make great stands or whatever, but if you ask me a… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
People don't realize that, you know, we have - "we" meaning people in show business have the same problems as everybody else.… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I feel fortunate that I've had a lot of songs recorded by other people, because I take my songwriting very seriously. It's… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
As a songwriter, you're allowed to write anything, and as a person, I am all colors in the rainbow. I've been through… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
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'… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
In the country field, we’re brought up in spiritual homes, we’re taught to “judge not lest you be judged,” and it’s always… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Stop this attitude that older people ain't any good anymore! We're as good as we ever were - if we ever were… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
A lot of people don't realise I came out of the Smoky Mountains with a load of songs. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I often joke that 100 years from now I hope people are saying, 'Dang, she looks good for her age!' — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I wouldn't wanna go out not looking like the Dolly people have come to know, because I've come to know her that… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
People always ask me how long it takes to do my hair. I don’t know, I’m never there. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
George Jones was my all-time favorite singer and one of my favorite people in the world. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I don't like to give advice. I like to give people information because everyone's life is different, and everyone's journey is different. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I know that I always wanted things. I was always proud of my people, proud of my home, but I always wanted… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
The hardest exercise for most of us fat people is that one where we push our chairback from the dinner table. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Funny thing is that the poorer people are, the more generous they seem to be. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I hope people realise that there is a brain underneath the hair and a heart underneath the boobs. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
People always ask me if they're mine. Yes, they are... all bought and paid for. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I'm always amazed by the people who work on stage who sing night after night, day after day, week in week out. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
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. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
It's great at this stage in my life to still be in the running, that people appreciate you. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Got those moods a swinging, tears a slinging, nothing fits me, when it hits me, ranting, raving, misbehaving, PMS blues. — Dolly Parton Copy Share
I know my hair is out of the '60's, my clothes are '50's and the shoes I wear are from the '40's. But I… — Dolly Parton Copy Share
It's great at this stage in my life to still be in the running, that people appreciate you. — Dolly Parton Copy Share
No matter how beautiful a woman might be, you're always threatened by certain... You're always threatened by — Dolly Parton Copy Share
Music is my personal addiction. So much of everything I've done has only been to open more doors for the music itself. It all… — Dolly Parton Copy Share
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… — Dolly Parton Copy Share
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,… — Dolly Parton Copy Share
Understanding isn't learned from punishment and anger. An iron has no gentle touch, and love ain't learned from hate. — Dolly Parton Copy Share
You'll pay the highest price on back roads and in back seats and in a cheap highway motel. But what's a few more strangers… — Dolly Parton Copy Share
I went to bed hungry many nights as a child. It was a Dream that dressed me up when I was ragged, and it… — Dolly Parton Copy Share
I figure if I keep my health, I have no intention of retiring. I love to work. I want to be like Bob Hope. — Dolly Parton Copy Share
There are some people who physically are not beautiful. But the way they are, the way they treat people, they become beautiful, and you… — Dolly Parton Copy Share
