Sometimes I start with a great title or idea, sometimes a great melody will run through my mind; but the higher percentage… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
My first job was singing on the Cas Walker radio show in Knoxville, Tennessee. I was about 10 years old, and I… — 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
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
That traveling man was a two time lover, he took my love, then he took my mother. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I thank God for my failures. Maybe not at the time but after some reflection. I never feel like a failure just… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I believe in my cosmetics line. There are plenty of charities for the homeless. Isn't it time someone helped the homely? — 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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