Country Quote by Dolly Parton Download Open image “Most country songs, certainly all the stuff I've written, are stories driven by characters.” — Dolly Parton ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Country Country Songs Driven Most Music Songs Stories Stuff Written
I felt a kinship with country music, because country has lyrics that tell stories — Desmond Child Copy Share Image
I found when I started getting serious about writing music, that my writing was country songs. It was basically country subject matter, country melodies… — Lari White Copy Share Image
I just always loved the storytelling aspect. Even with the production that's happening right now in music, I still think the core of country… — Cassadee Pope Copy Share Image
I think of a song in terms of lyrics and stories, and that's what keeps it country for me. — Sam Hunt Copy Share Image
One of the things that I think is such a constant in country music is that the song is so much a story. I… — Suzy Bogguss Copy Share Image
Country songs are theatrical songs, they tell stories, and wear the hearts on their sleeves and they have great melodies. — Michael Ball Copy Share Image
I was obsessed with country music when I was a kid, and it's definitely had a huge influence on the way I write songs.… — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
To me, country music tells a story about, and deals with, the way people live their lives and what they do. — Randy Travis 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
I love playing for my country, getting the support. Especially for the kids and everybody, showing my example of what I can achieve so… — Maria Sharapova Copy Share Image
That country [Carthage] was rapidly sinking into the state of barbarism from whence it had been raised by the Phoenician colonies and Roman laws;… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
For the Scottish government, the practice of having meetings in different parts of the country is well established, but for the U.K. government, it… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
There's no reason someone who has fought for their country should be homeless of jobless. — Chris Kyle Copy Share Image
The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
It's very nice to be a rebel saying, 'I stand on my principles,' but if in fact that's not going to have any impact… — Dominic Grieve Copy Share Image
Most paper money initially existed as a substitute for gold. That's what gave it value. But right now what gives a currency value is… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
You, of Canada, are building a magnificent record of achievement. My country rejoices in it. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
The United States cannot and should not discriminate on the basis of religion. The free exercise of religion is at the very heart of… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
The reason I was drawn to the Band Perry was because they have a knack for doing rollicking country music that can sound a… — Phoebe Robinson Copy Share Image