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

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

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.

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 think god gave us talent because he screwed up our hair

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.'

We give scholarships to high school kids and a new library of books to every preschool child in the county where I was born. I didn't have books at home so I did all my reading at school. I love books and I believe that helping kids to read gives them a great start in life.