I was probably 7 years old when I started playing the guitar and writing some serious songs. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I have suffered most of the things I write about - or my friends have. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I love writing every song I can like a little mini movie. I like to have a character, or some characters, and… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I'm so thankful I can write songs. I can capture all those memories in my songs and keep those memories alive. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I write a little something every day, even though I don't write a song [every day]. Everything inspires me. I'll come up… — 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 a singer, a writer and an actress - when I find something that I feel good enough about doing. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
As a songwriter, you respect and appreciate the writings of other people, and I often get asked, are there songs out there… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Music lives in me. Life is a song to me. I have the gift of rhyme, and I'm always trying to write… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
My nails are my rhythm section when I'm writing a song all alone. Some day, I may cut an album, just me… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Sometimes when I'm under pressure, if I think somebody is expecting stuff from me, I'll do better than if I was just… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I've never had a divorce, but I've seen so many of my friends, my sister, my family go through that stuff, so… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
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… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
A lot of my own relatives didn't get to go to school because we were mountain people. You have to get out… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
One of the things I'm real proud of is I just made a deal with 20th Century Fox, and I've got my… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I think I've got my business notions and my sense for that sort of thing from my dad. My dad never had… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
The guitar is my favorite and the one, I guess, I'm best at. But I play enough of the different instruments to… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I write anywhere. I'm always banging around on the dashboard. Whatever I'm doing. I can make music out of anything. Whenever a… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a singer, of course, but there was something about the songwriting, then and now, that is the most… — 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
When the new country came out ten to 15 years ago, people my age were almost too old. But it never stopped… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
So many of my relatives didn't get a chance to go to school, and my own Daddy couldn't read or write. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I'd love to develop and star in my own children's show, write children's books, do children's albums, movies, DVDs, etc. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I don't listen to music for fun. I ain't got enough time for fun! I'm always busy writing my own music. I… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I write what I write, say what I say, 'cause I feel what I feel, and if I did it different, it… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I learned early on that I could get a lot of attention by singing and writing little songs, so it was like… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
You are the song of every bird, you are the poet's every word, every artist's picture, every writer's play. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
If I had to give up performing, it wouldn't bother me too much. But I couldn't live without my writing. I put… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I just write all the time. In my whole life I've never had what I've heard people talk about writer's block. I've… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm a great actress. I think I can act or I can react. Coming from a musical background and… — 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
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