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
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 so many people live their whole life in fear and doubt and shame. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
If there's something bothering me in the business end of things with people I work with, I just say it right out. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
People say you shouldn't have plastic surgery because if God wanted you another way he would have made you that way, but… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I don't make people bend over backwards, and I don't like that in people. I am definitely no diva. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I wear wigs all the time on shows, and every day when I'm in public, at Dollywood. People say, 'How many wigs… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I think everyone should be with who they love. I don't want to be controversial or stir up a bunch of trouble… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
People don't realize that we, we meaning people in show business, have the same problems as everyone else. Money doesn't change that.… — 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
If people think I'm a dumb blonde, because of the way I look, then they're dumber than they think I am. If… — 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
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
Unless you have spent your life doing something, you are not likely to be successful, so always partner with people who are… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I feel fortunate that I've had a lot of songs recorded by other people, because I take my songwriting very seriously. It's… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
There's a lot of women now with a whole lot of style but they are not necessarily song stylists. Some of their… — 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
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
Being brought up very religious, I have a fear of people that look to idol gods. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I think every entertainer's had nights when things go wrong. I mean you can't remember everything all the time, and especially if… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I've never had that much trouble with the paparazzi, but I don't run the same circles that a lot of these people… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I never have changed in my taste, and the things that I love, and the way that I act, and all that.… — 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