My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher. It was a sin to even pluck your eyebrows, and they thought it was a sin for me to be there looking like Jezebel.

I think your values are always influenced by your family and your community.

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

Even now, if I am thinking about spending a lot of money on clothing or furniture, I think 'I can't spend so much money on one thing; my poor old Daddy could have raised his family five years on that!'

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.

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

I do have a natural sense for business, which I think I get from my Dad.