It was never a marketing tool. People say that, but I dress this way for the same reasons I did when I first started doing it. It still comes from a serious place inside of me. I get up in the morning, and I think I just look better a certain way I do my makeup. I want to shine, I want to glitter. I'm not getting up thinking, "Oh, this'll get 'em." And I'm not doing it to make a statement. I'm just doing it to look like Dolly - the Dolly that I know and the Dolly that you know.

I don't want to throw rice. I want to throw rocks.

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

the magic is inside you. there ain't no crystal ball

I'll be like Bob Hope, touring when I'm 100.

You can't just wish to be a millionaire; you have to figure out how to earn it.

Years ago when I first started being a big star I had fans that were fanatical. It was when "Jolene" was a big hit.