All of my brothers and sisters are very talented. They all sang all right. — 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
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 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
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
I was probably 7 years old when I started playing the guitar and writing some serious songs. — 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
A lot of my heartbreak songs are inspired by things my sisters are going through, or friends. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Music is my personal addiction. So much of everything I've done has only been to open more doors for the music itself.… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
If I should stay I would only be in your way So I'll go, but I know I'll think of you each… — 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 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'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
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'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
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
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
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
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 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 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 always loved that old song 'Banks of the Ohio' - it was always such a man's song, so I've always wanted… — 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
The guitar is my favorite and the one, I guess, I'm best at. But I play enough of the different instruments to… — 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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![“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, from whatever place you do it, whether you're acting or you're singing.” quote by Dolly Parton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/116/dolly-parton-366_acting_i-think-music-and-acting-they-are-connec_35206.jpg)
