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
Being brought up very religious, I have a fear of people that look to idol gods. But we are idols and we're… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
When I do listen to music, I'm more prone to listen to the people I've always listened to: George Jones, Otis Redding,… — 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
A lot of people have said I'd have probably done better in my career if I hadn't looked so cheap and gaudy.… — 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 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
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
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'm a proud person. I'm not vain. I look at it like it is. If you've got the money and you're going… — 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 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
Tell me I have to be somewhere, and I'll be there 20 minutes early and stay there longer than anybody else. You… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
People just relate to me. They know I'm a regular person brought up in a hardworking, poor family, that I've had all… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I'm trying my best to keep up with all this new technology, and I surround myself with all these wonderful people that… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I'm one of those people that if its something to eat I'm going to eat the whole thing, If I'm going to… — 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 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
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
There are some people who physically are not beautiful. But the way they are, the way they treat people, they become beautiful,… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Of course, 'I Will Always Love You' is the biggest song so far in my career. I'm famous for several, but that… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Songwriting is my way of channeling my feelings and my thoughts. Not just mine, but the things I see, the people I… — 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
Many of my friends are gay, male and female. I don't judge people. I don't care what people do in their bedrooms… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I do think there's gonna always be a group of country people that are always going to love the old traditional sound. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I wouldn't wanna go out not looking like the Dolly people have come to know, because I've come to know her that… — 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
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