Dolly Parton Quotes And Sayings

When I Do Listen To Music, I'm More Prone To Listen To The People I've Always Listened To: George Jones, Otis Redding, Alison Krauss And Emmylou Harris.

I Know Some Of The Best Dolly Parton Jokes. I Made 'Em Up Myself.

My Best Country Record Only Sold 200,000 Copies.

There's A Lot Of Rednecks In The Country Where I Grew Up.

Actually, I Hear A Lot Of Rock Music. My Husband Is A Big Rock Fan.

As A Songwriter, You Respect And Appreciate The Writings Of Other People, And I Often Get Asked, Are There Songs Out There I Wish I'd Written? Yes. There's Many Of Them!

Life Is A Song To Me.

Storms Make Trees Take Deeper Roots.

It Costs A Lot Of Money To Look This Cheap.

The Only Way I'd Be Caught Without Makeup Is If My Radio Fell In The Bathtub While I Was Taking A Bath And Electrocuted Me And I Was In Between Makeup At Home. I Hope My Husband Would Slap A Little Lipstick On Me Before He Took Me To The Morgue.

I Want To Go And Go, And Then Drop Dead In The Middle Of Something I'm Loving To Do. And If That Doesn't Happen, If I Wind Up Sitting In A Wheelchair, At Least I'll Have My High Heels On.

Nobody Can Ever Make Enough Money For As Many Poor Relatives As I've Got. Somebody's Got A Sick Kid, Or Somebody Needs An Operation, Somebody Ain't Got This, Somebody Ain't Got That. Or To Give The Kids All A Car When They Graduate.

We're All Just A Bunch Of Sinners, But We Do The Best We Can.

I've Used My Femininity And My Sexuality As A Weapon And A Tool... But That's Just Natural.

Mine Is Only One Of The Millions Of Hearts Broken Over The Death Of Whitney Houston, I Will Always Be Grateful And In Awe Of The Wonderful Performance She Did On My Song, And I Can Truly Say From The Bottom Of My Heart, 'Whitney, I Will Always Love You. You Will Be Missed.'

I'm No Natural Beauty. If I'm Gonna Have Any Looks At All, I'm Gonna Have To Create Them.

People Say I Look So Happy - And I Say, 'That's The Botox.'

God Tells Us Not To Judge One Another, No Matter What Anyone's Sexual Preferences Are Or If They're Black, Brown Or Purple.

I'm Working On My Life Story. I'm Not Decided If It's Going To Be A Musical Or A Movie With Music In It.

Songwriting Is My Way Of Channeling My Feelings And My Thoughts. Not Just Mine, But The Things I See, The People I Care About. My Head Would Explode If I Didn't Get Some Of That Stuff Out.

I Grew Up Around Lots Of Men - My Father, My Brothers, My Uncles - So I Wasn't Intimidated By Them.

If You Like Good Ol' Fashion Southern Soul Food Then, Yes, I Am A Good Cook! My Specialty Is Chicken Dumplings And Poke Salad.

Being A Star Just Means That You Just Find Your Own Special Place, And That You Shine Where You Are. To Me, That's What Being A Star Means.

When I'm Home, I Spend Sunday With My Husband. If We're Not Cooking, We Travel Around In Our Camper, Stop At Fast-food Restaurants, And Picnic. We Love That Stuff That Will Harden Your Arteries In A Hurry.

I Was Born With A Happy Heart, And I Try To Keep A Good Attitude. It's Not True That I'm Happy All The Time Because Nobody Is, And We All Go Through Our Things.

If You Talk Bad About Country Music, It's Like Saying Bad Things About My Momma. Them's Fightin' Words.

A Lot Of People Have Said I'd Have Probably Done Better In My Career If I Hadn't Looked So Cheap And Gaudy. But I Dress To Be Comfortable For Me, And You Shouldn't Be Blamed Because You Want To Look Pretty.

I Was Always A Junk Food Person, Still Am.

Kitty Wells Was The First And Only Queen Of Country Music, No Matter What They Call The Rest Of Us. She Was A Great Inspiration To Me As Well As Every Other Female Singer In The Country Music Business. In Addition To Being A Wonderful Asset To Country Music, She Was A Wonderful Woman.

I Think Country Music Is Popular - Has Been Popular And Will Always Be Popular Because I Think A Lot Of Real People Singing About A Lot Of Real Stuff About Real People. And It's Simple Enough For People To Understand It. And We Kind Of Roll With The Punches.

'9 To 5 The Musical' Is Perfect For Anyone That's Ever Wanted To String Up Their Boss, Which Is Almost All Of Us.

It's A Good Thing I Was Born A Girl, Otherwise I'd Be A Drag Queen.

People Make Jokes About My Bosoms, Why Don't They Look Underneath The Breasts At The Heart? It's Obvious I've Got Big Ones And If People Want To Assume They're Not Mine, Then Let Them.

I'm Old Enough And Cranky Enough Now That If Someone Tried To Tell Me What To Do, I'd Tell Them Where To Put It.

I Don't Have Maids Or Servants, And My Husband And I Love Waking Up Early And Going To The 24-hour Supermarket When There Is Nobody Else There.

Stop This Attitude That Older People Ain't Any Good Anymore! We're As Good As We Ever Were - If We Ever Were Any Good.

I Think Everyone Should Be With Who They Love.

George Jones Was My All-time Favorite Singer And One Of My Favorite People In The World.

I'm Always Amazed By The People Who Work On Stage Who Sing Night After Night, Day After Day, Week In Week Out.

I Don't Make People Bend Over Backwards, And I Don't Like That In People. I Am Definitely No Diva.

I Will Never Retire Unless I Have To.

Thanks To Botox And Fillers, As Well As The Work That I've Already Had, My Face Pretty Much Maintains Itself.

A Gypsy Told Me I Was Going To Do Great Things. I Was Going To Make All Kinds Of Money.

I Do Write A Lot Of Children's Songs, And I'm Going To Do A Children's Television Show, Which Also Means I'll Be Doing A Lot Of Albums. So I Do Hope My Future Will Hold A Lot Of Things For Children.

Until I Was A Teenager, I Used Red Pokeberries For Lipstick And A Burnt Matchstick For Eyeliner. I Used Honeysuckle For Perfume.

Plastic Surgeons Are Always Making Mountains Out Of Molehills.

I Know Who I Am, I Know What I Can And Can't Do. I Know What I Will And Won't Do. I Know What I'm Capable Of And I Don't Agree To Do Things That I Don't Think I Can Pull Off.

I Think I Became More Productive Through Not Having Children. I Never Really Had The Desire To Have Them. My Husband Didn't Want Them Either, So It Worked Out Well.

I Just Don't Feel Like I Have To Explain Myself.

God And I Have A Great Relationship, But We Both See Other People.