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Song Quotes by Dolly Parton

47 Song quotes by Dolly Parton

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Music is Dolly Parton’s personal addiction, and she sees each song as a door to a dream she has chased. The quotes reveal how she writes constantly, plays many instruments, and draws strength from her church and Smoky Mountains roots. She also mentions the lasting impact of “I Will Always Love You” and the joy of never facing writer’s block.

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I've copyrighted 3,000 songs.

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'Wrecking Ball' is a great song.

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Life is a song to me.

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The music does bring us together and it's cheaper than therapy!

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I love story songs because I've always loved books.

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I really learned to sing in church, I think, really with emotion.

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I used to try to write a song a day. I've been so busy lately.

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I can write a song in about an hour if it's a simple country song.

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All of my brothers and sisters are very talented. They all sang all right.

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My songs are like my children - I expect them to support me when I'm old.

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I don't have time to stand around and listen to an 11-minute song.

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I was probably 7 years old when I started playing the guitar and writing some serious songs.

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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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All my momma's people were very musical. My grandpa, who was the Pentecostal minister, he was a great musician. He played the…

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I love writing every song I can like a little mini movie. I like to have a character, or some characters, and…

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A lot of my heartbreak songs are inspired by things my sisters are going through, or friends.

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When I do listen to music, I'm more prone to listen to the people I've always listened to: George Jones, Otis Redding,…

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A lot of people don't realise I came out of the Smoky Mountains with a load of songs.

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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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I don't keep up with a lot of trends. I've never been a fashion horse. I'm so busy writing my songs, trying…

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Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams...all of them are different styles, but those are the songs that make the times...they're…

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I write a little something every day, even though I don't write a song [every day]. Everything inspires me. I'll come up…

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If I should stay I would only be in your way So I'll go, but I know I'll think of you each…

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As a songwriter, you respect and appreciate the writings of other people, and I often get asked, are there songs out there…

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Mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of Whitney Houston. I will always be grateful and…

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Music is my personal addiction. So much of everything I've done has only been to open more doors for the music itself.…

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If I had to give up performing, it wouldn't bother me too much. But I couldn't live without my writing. I put…

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I wanted to be a singer, of course, but there was something about the songwriting, then and now, that is the most…

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I've never been the big recording star I'd love to be some day. I've had lots of hits off and on through…

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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…

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As a songwriter, you're allowed to write anything, and as a person, I am all colors in the rainbow. I've been through…

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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'…

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My nails are my rhythm section when I'm writing a song all alone. Some day, I may cut an album, just me…

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I hope to die right in the middle of a song and right on the stage doing what I love to do.…

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Music lives in me. Life is a song to me. I have the gift of rhyme, and I'm always trying to write…

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You are the song of every bird, you are the poet's every word, every artist's picture, every writer's play.

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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…

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I always loved that old song 'Banks of the Ohio' - it was always such a man's song, so I've always wanted…

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I learned early on that I could get a lot of attention by singing and writing little songs, so it was like…

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I write anywhere. I'm always banging around on the dashboard. Whatever I'm doing. I can make music out of anything. Whenever a…

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I know it's corny - but I love 'Jingle Bells!'

I figure if I keep my health, I have no intention of retiring. I love to work. I want to be like Bob Hope.

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