My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I'm so thankful I can write songs. I can capture all those memories in my songs and keep those memories alive. — 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
A lot of people don't realise I came out of the Smoky Mountains with a load of songs. — 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
'9 to 5,' that little song, that little story, just won't ever end. Just like 'I Will Always Love You,' it just… — 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 hope to die right in the middle of a song and right on the stage doing what I love to do.… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of Whitney Houston. I will always be grateful and… — 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
Sometimes a song just has to cater to whatever's goin' on. A well-written song is a song that stays true to the… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I've never been the big recording star I'd love to be some day. I've had lots of hits off and on through… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I write anywhere. I'm always banging around on the dashboard. Whatever I'm doing. I can make music out of anything. Whenever a… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I write a little something every day, even though I don't write a song [every day]. Everything inspires me. I'll come up… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
You are the song of every bird, you are the poet's every word, every artist's picture, every writer's play. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I've never been more moved by a voice than I have been by Roy Orbison. I loved him personally, and I loved… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I was probably 7 years old when I started playing the guitar and writing some serious songs. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I don't keep up with a lot of trends. I've never been a fashion horse. I'm so busy writing my songs, trying… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
My nails are my rhythm section when I'm writing a song all alone. Some day, I may cut an album, just me… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
In the early days, Porter Wagoner would not exactly scold me, but he's say, 'You're writing too many damn verses. You're makin'… — 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
As a songwriter, you're allowed to write anything, and as a person, I am all colors in the rainbow. I've been through… — 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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