Dolly Parton Quotes

My aunt in Knoxville would bring newspapers up, which we used for toilet paper. Before we used it, we'd look at the pictures.

When I'm feeling a little low, I put on my favorite high heels to stand a little taller.

It seems like the more I give the more I get, and that is the way it is supposed to go in life.

I bought all those [fitness] videos -- Richard Simmons, Jane Fonda. I love to sit and eat cookies and watch 'em.

Oh, I can spot a phoney a mile away.

Love is something sent from Heaven to worry the Hell out of you.

They think I’m simpleminded because I seem to be happy. Why shouldn’t I be happy? I have everything I ever wanted and more. Maybe I am simpleminded. Maybe that’s the key: simple.

I just kind of wake up with a new idea and new dreams every day, and I follow that dream, as they say.

They say somebody's 'street smart.' I feel like, if I got intelligence, it's just a country smart.

I still close my eyes and go home - I can always draw from that.

I'm so thankful I can write songs. I can capture all those memories in my songs and keep those memories alive.

I never know tomorrow what I might be doing. I just ask God to lead me and show me and direct me and help me and support me in it. So I just wait to hear the call.

I know the struggles of poor people, and have always kept that with me.

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 like looking like I came out of a fairy tale.

I feel blessed that I still have the little Dolly in my heart, I'm still the same girl that wants to squeeze every little drop out of life that I can.

I have surrounded myself with very smart people.

It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.

Tell me I have to be somewhere, and I'll be there 20 minutes early and stay there longer than anybody else. You hold up a lot of people if you're not on time.

I modelled my looks on the town tramp.

All my momma's people were very musical. My grandpa, who was the Pentecostal minister, he was a great musician. He played the fiddle, he played the piano.

I'm in the public eye, so I don't care who knows what I get done. If I see something sagging, dragging, or bagging, I get it sucked, tucked, or plucked.

I tried the Scarsdale diet and the Stillman water diet (you remember that one, where you run weight off trying to get to the bathroom).

Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion.

I never, ever get involved in politics. With politics you are not allowed to be honest. I don't have time to deal with that. I would rather work with kids.

I'm not a politician. And I don't want to be.

If I hadn't been a woman, I'd be a drag queen for sure. I like all that flair and I'd be dressing up in them high heels and putting on the big hair. I'd be like Ru Paul.

I've always believed in my talent. And I've always had more guts than talent.

It's almost like being trapped in some other form. The real me is so different from the way I look on the outside.

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.

If we can't be true to ourselves, what can we be true to?

I often joke that 100 years from now I hope people are saying, 'Dang, she looks good for her age!'

Kenneth Hari is a true artist and in my opinion a psychic. When he is painting you, he feels your heart and soul.

I remain totally convinced that if we can do one more simple thing to help kids and adults to learn more, it is to inspire them to read more.

Yeah I flirt, I'm not blind and I'm not dead!.

I don't trust anyone who does their own hair. I don't think it's natural.

I do believe that any successful business starts from the top and works its way down.

I enjoy the way I look, but it's a joke.

If I have one more facelift I'll have a beard!

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 the songs that last through time.

I always wanted to be loved.

Time marches on and sooner or later you realize it is marching across your face.

I've used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool... but that's just natural.

Some of my dreams are so big they would scare you.

I'll just wait right here for you cause I know your new love won't last. I wound easy, but I heal fast.

A lot of people think I'm a comedian.

Life is a song to me.

I like to buy clothes that are two sizes too small and then take them in a little.

I have to not harden my heart, because I want to stay open to feel things.

If I see something sagging, dragging and bagging, I’ll get it nip, tucked, sucked or plucked.

I often get myself in love trouble because I'm so passionate; I love so much and so deep.