I think country music is popular - has been popular and will always be popular because I think a lot of real… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Kitty Wells was the first and only Queen of Country Music, no matter what they call the rest of us. She was… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Music, I suppose, will be the thing that sustains me in the time of my life when I am too old for… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
My music is so mine, it's hard to turn it over to someone else. I have to be really involved in the… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
...Johnny Cash has only passed into the greater light. He will only become more important in this industry as time goes by ... — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I'm very proud of all the bluegrass-oriented albums. It just reminded me and my fans that I should always record acoustic music… — 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
Most country songs, certainly all the stuff I've written, are stories driven by characters. — 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
Sometimes I start with a great title or idea, sometimes a great melody will run through my mind; but the higher percentage… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
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… — 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 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
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
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