I wouldn't wanna go out not looking like the Dolly people have come to know, because I've come to know her that way, too.

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

I want to be like one of those little fainting goats that get scared and then just fall over. 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.

The guitar is my favorite and the one, I guess, I'm best at. But I play enough of the different instruments to be able to write with them and to, hopefully, to make myself look impressive on stage.

Don't lose your temper; use it.

We're all God's children.

I'm pretty sure in my older years, I'll be doing old-time flavored folk-mountain music.