I went to bed hungry many nights as a child. It was a Dream that dressed me up when I was ragged,… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
We give scholarships to high school kids and a new library of books to every preschool child in the county where I… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I never, ever get involved in politics. With politics you are not allowed to be honest. I don't have time to deal… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
My songs are like my children - I expect them to support me when I'm old. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I do write a lot of children's songs, and I'm going to do a children's television show, which also means I'll be… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I think I became more productive through not having children. I never really had the desire to have them. My husband didn't… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Children have always responded to me because I have that cartoon-character look. — 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 couldn't have children, I tried to for years. I've never been pregnant in my life. When I was a girl and… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I've never been pregnant, so I just feel God didn't mean for me to have kids so that everybody else's children could… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I wanted to write a book that talked about the emotions of children, which is the rainbow. We all have moods. We… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I love the energy of children. It makes me feel young. I'm just drawn to them. They're like magic to me. And… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I come from a family of 12, so I kind of got a little lost as a child. — 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 always love working with children. I never had children of my own. God has his purposes. God didn't let me have… — 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 Image
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 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
No matter how beautiful a woman might be, you're always threatened by certain... You're always threatened by — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image