Dollywood is a family park, and all families are welcome. We do have a policy about profanity or controversial messages on clothing or signs. It is to protect the individual wearing or carrying them, as well as to keep down fights or problems by those opposed to it at the park.

A peacock that rests on his feathers is just another turkey.

It's great at this stage in my life to still be in the running, that people appreciate you.

I don't have to keep a diary. It seems like for the last 40 years my life has been lived in the press, so I can Google any date in my history and find out what I was doing.

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.

It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen.

God knows when the end of time will come, not some fanatic... The world will end someday, but the end of the world and the end of time are two different things.