We're not all perfect. People always say to me: "Oh you seem happy all the time." But I'm not happy all the… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I've tried different things through the years to get some play on mainstream. I'll try to tailor-make it. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I try to be good at it, whatever part I'm playing - even in my daily life or when the spotlight hits… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
You gotta keep trying to find your niche and trying to fit into whatever slot that's left for you or to make… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I was born in an odd spot and was a very sensitive kid. My feelings could get hurt so easily because I… — 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
I've always been a freak and different, oddball even in my childhood and my own family, so I can relate to people… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they're not, then I try to set about trying to make… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I just try to be true to myself and look the way that I'm comfortable looking. Because if I'm comfortable with me,… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I've never had a divorce, but I've seen so many of my friends, my sister, my family go through that stuff, so… — 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
I'm not happy all the time, and I wouldn't want to be because that would make me a shallow person. But I… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
People just overshoot trying to find God. They're going outside and trying everything. They don't realize that it's right inside themselves. — 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
Now I usually try not to give advice. Information, yes, advice, no. But, what has worked for me may not work for… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I tried the Scarsdale diet and the Stillman water diet (you remember that one, where you run weight off trying to get… — 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 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
When I meet someone, I look at their eyes and their smile and seek out the good first - it's easy to… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I still believe in Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and true love. Don't even try to tell me different. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Jump out of bed and I stumble to the kitchen, pour myself a cup of ambition and yawn and stretch and try… — 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