I know the struggles of poor people, and have always kept that with me. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I don't have anything to say about other people's art and their work. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I think so many people live their whole life in fear and doubt and shame. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
People think I'm as shallow and superficial as I look, and it's a surprise when they find out, sure enough, I am. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
People tend to fear what they do not know, and what they fear they dislike. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Being brought up very religious, I have a fear of people that look to idol gods. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
People just overshoot trying to find God. They're going outside and trying everything. They don't realize that it's right inside themselves. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
People are always asking me in interviews, 'What do you think of foreign affairs?' I just say, 'I've had a few.' — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
People like bluegrass. It's had a following amongst a lot of hip and young people. A lot of college kids like bluegrass. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I think people take me as seriously as I want them to. They take me as seriously as I take myself -… — 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
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
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
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'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
I like to think I've been a good example and an inspiration to some people. And some people say that about me,… — 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
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
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
I don't know that I'm beautiful or glamorous. I'm a pretty artificial looking person. I sure am flattered when people think I'm… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I think my life actually changed at 40. That's when you realize you can't ride the fence anymore. You either have to… — 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
We're not all perfect. People always say to me: "Oh you seem happy all the time." But I'm not happy all the… — 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 never have thought I was beautiful and I never can get beautiful enough. I'm always doing whatever I can to look… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
It was never a marketing tool. People say that, but I dress this way for the same reasons I did when I… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
You always want your people to be proud of what you have accomplished. — 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
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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