Dolly Parton Quotes

I have tennis shoes with little rhinestones that I slip on if I exercise. But I always wear heels, even around the house. I'm such a short little thing, I can't reach my kitchen cabinets.

I come from a family of 12, so I kind of got a little lost as a child.

They let you dream just to watch them shatter, you're just a step on the boss man's ladder.

I grew up around lots of men - my father, my brothers, my uncles - so I wasn't intimidated by them.

I love traveling all over the world; but it's true: there's nothing like home.

I'm just a friendly person; that runs in my family.

Most country songs, certainly all the stuff I've written, are stories driven by characters.

My first job was singing on the Cas Walker radio show in Knoxville, Tennessee. I was about 10 years old and I thought it was big time.

You are the song of every bird, you are the poet's every word, every artist's picture, every writer's play.

People like bluegrass. It's had a following amongst a lot of hip and young people. A lot of college kids like bluegrass.

I know that I always wanted things. I was always proud of my people, proud of my home, but I always wanted more. I think most people do.

I am confident that partnering my Dollywood Company with a great company like Gaylord will create something truly special.

Being born was the worse and the first mistake I ever made. The doctor didn't spank me, he just slapped me in the face.

I've never had that much trouble with the paparazzi, but I don't run the same circles that a lot of these people that do get hounded by the paparazzi.

I've been around longer than most of my fans have been alive.

I'm almost like three people. There's me the, Dolly, the person. There's me, the star. And then there's me, the manager.

My husband and I had to raise five of my younger brothers and sisters. They lived with us. We sent them to school.

I've been very fortunate.

I'm not trying to be fashionable. Never was!

My grandpa was a preacher.

I love story songs because I've always loved books.

People get a kick out of my stupidity.

Every day I pray about all I do.

I wear wigs all the time on shows, and every day when I'm in public, at Dollywood. People say, 'How many wigs do you have?' And I say, 'Well, at least 365 because I wear at least one a day.'

My husband says I look like a Q-tip.

My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved.

I'll oil wells love you. I'll oil wells care. I'll oil wells need you. I want you oil wells dear.

Here you come again, looking better than a body has a right to.

People are looking for something a little more stable; people are feeling like they need to get closer to God.

There are certainly a lot of things that still need to change when it comes to women in the workforce.

There's a scripture that says, 'A merry heart doeth good like medicine.' I think that's true, too.

I think that I'm perfect.

I don't have anything to say about other people's art and their work.

I can't tell anybody else how to run their life or their business, but I really believe I've got a good bead on myself.

I have a tendency to be awfully big-hearted and it's very hard for me to say no, even when I need to.

I just can't stand to look plain, 'cause that don't fit my personality. I may be a very artificial-looking person, but the good news is, I'm very real on the inside.

I think the fact that I look totally artificial, but I am totally real, has its own kind of magic in it.

I do have a few little tattoos, but they were mostly done to cover scars because I'm so fair.

I may look fake but I'm real where it counts.

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 gets back to the fact that I am, first of all, a songwriter and a singer.

When you come from where I come from, if anyone in the family makes it out, the others kind of come with you.

The bible says, 'All things are possible.' I believe that.

People think I'm as shallow and superficial as I look, and it's a surprise when they find out, sure enough, I am.

When people say to me less is more I reply, 'More is more'.

'9 to 5 the Musical' is perfect for anyone that's ever wanted to string up their boss, which is almost all of us.

A lot of my heartbreak songs are inspired by things my sisters are going through, or friends.

When you're 40, you can't ride the fence anymore. You gotta make definite decisions about your life.

I'm not like a real person. I love being artificial. I think there's a little magic in the fact that I'm so totally real, but look so artificial at the same time.

A gypsy told me I was going to do great things. I was going to make all kinds of money.

A lot of people don't realise I came out of the Smoky Mountains with a load of songs.