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 like to buy clothes that are two sizes too small and then take them in a little.

I've done everything every fat person ever has. I've tried every diet.

All these fine Christian-type people that seem to think they know what God wants for all of us, that's certainly more of a sin then anything they would claim about us. To judge people is one of the greatest sins.

They say somebody's 'street smart.' I feel like, if I got intelligence, it's just a country smart.

Sometimes a song just has to cater to whatever's goin' on. A well-written song is a song that stays true to the subject.

I have a big gay and lesbian following and they've been very loyal and kind to me.