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 will not play just an evil part. In fact, I got offered $7 million several years ago to play the part… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Years ago, when I first started being a big star, I had fans that were fanatical. It was when 'Jolene' was a… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I've always kinda been a little outcast myself, a little oddball, doin' my thing, my own way. And it's been hard for… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I do remember how it was to be poor. I do remember that in my early years, we had to grow and… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Even now, if I am thinking about spending a lot of money on clothing or furniture, I think 'I can't spend so… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
It took me years to eat a lot of shellfish. I was probably 20 years old before I had even seen a… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I was approached about having my own network many, many years ago. There were some people who wanted to start up a… — 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
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'm pretty sure in my older years, I'll be doing old-time flavored folk-mountain music. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I don't know what the big deal is about old age. Old people who shine from the inside look 10 to 20 years younger. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I couldn't have children, I tried to for years. I've never been pregnant in my life. When I was a girl and… — 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 love the accomplishments and the awards that I've received through the years. But I've always worked more for the rewards than… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
My music is so mine, it's hard to turn it over to someone else. I have to be really involved in the… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Sometimes if you jump into something too quickly, you can screw up something that might have been good two years down the… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I think my life actually changed at 40. That's when you realize you can't ride the fence anymore. You either have to… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Every time I come to Europe, I'm just as excited as I was my very first time, which was many, many years… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I've struggled enough in my life to be appreciated and understood. I've had to go against all kinds of people through the… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
If people work for me over the years, I expect them to be paid what they're owed, but I don't expect them… — 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
I often joke that 100 years from now I hope people are saying, 'Dang, she looks good for her age!' — 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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