Dolly Parton Quotes

There's been a lot of talk about Jack White wanting to work with me, and I've always admired him, and of course, he lives in Nashville, too.

I don't judge. I'm not God. We're supposed to be less judgmental and accept and be kind and love one another.

I think 9/11 affected everybody in one way or another.

I just always knew I was going to be a star. I was always going to be rich so I could buy things for Mommy and Daddy, so that I could buy them a big house and we could have things.

The secret to a long marriage is to stay gone.

Tell me I have to be somewhere, and I'll be there 20 minutes early and stay there longer than anybody else. You hold up a lot of people if you're not on time.

I hated school. Even to this day, when I see a school bus it's just depressing to me. The poor little kids.

I've copyrighted 3,000 songs.

Here you come again, looking better than a body has a right to.

When I do listen to music, I'm more prone to listen to the people I've always listened to: George Jones, Otis Redding, Alison Krauss and Emmylou Harris.

After you reach a certain age, they think you’re over. Well, I will never be over. I’ll be making records if I have to sell them out of the trunk of my car. I’ve done that in my past, and I’d do it again.

Love is something sent from Heaven to worry the Hell out of you.

We're supposed to be less judgmental and accept and be kind and love one another.

I'll bring my grits when I travel, because I get so hungry on the road.

I come from a family of 12, so I kind of got a little lost as a child.

You gotta keep trying to find your niche and trying to fit into whatever slot that's left for you or to make one of your own.

I've never been more moved by a voice than I have been by Roy Orbison. I loved him personally, and I loved his voice. I think of him often and frequently listen to his songs.

I do believe that any successful business starts from the top and works its way down.

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.

I think that I'm perfect.

I don't have maids or servants, and my husband and I love waking up early and going to the 24-hour supermarket when there is nobody else there.

My husband says I look like a Q-tip.

You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.

I think every entertainer's had nights when things go wrong. I mean you can't remember everything all the time, and especially if you're having hard times personally, things going on that you - you know, and then people make it worse. And that makes you feel worse.

There's a lot of women now with a whole lot of style but they are not necessarily song stylists. Some of their style is a lot like me and a lot of people sound a lot alike - you can't tell them apart.

I think country music is popular - has been popular and will always be popular because I think a lot of real people singing about a lot of real stuff about real people. And it's simple enough for people to understand it. And we kind of roll with the punches.

I hope people realise that there is a brain underneath the hair and a heart underneath the boobs.

I'm a show-off basically... always have been.

If people work for me over the years, I expect them to be paid what they're owed, but I don't expect them to be paid more than they earn.

I always think of myself as a working girl.

I hope you're never happy with anybody but me, and every face you look into, I hope you're haunted by me. Yes, I'm possessive and jealous, at least I speak honestly.

I've never had a divorce, but I've seen so many of my friends, my sister, my family go through that stuff, so I try to write for the people that can't write about it. I take on their sorrow, so I'm able to kind of express it, or their joy.

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

I do have big tits. Always had 'em - pushed 'em up, whacked 'em around. Why not make fun of 'em? I've made a fortune with 'em.

I'm not trying to be fashionable. Never was!

If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.

I've never let a rhinestone go unturned

I bought all those [fitness] videos -- Richard Simmons, Jane Fonda. I love to sit and eat cookies and watch 'em.

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

I don't think I'm supposed to boss other people around just because I'm a so-called celebrity or star. I hate that when people act that way. No one deserves it. I've seen it happen. I don't call those people out - they know who they are. Some enjoy that reputation.

Believe it or not, I was just given an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee.

Sometimes my mouth is a little too big and a little too open and sounds too much like a sailor.

My grandpa was a preacher.

I believe in my cosmetics line. There are plenty of charities for the homeless. Isn't it time someone helped the homely?

My husband calls me 'catfish.' He says I'm all mouth and no brains.

Don't get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.

I haven't stopped working since I was 10.

We're not all perfect. People always say to me: "Oh you seem happy all the time." But I'm not happy all the time. I'm a human being. I'm very sensitive. I hurt like anybody else. But I do try my best to have a good attitude and I set about tryin' to take care of myself knowing I'm not going to be exactly right, so I just try to see what I can do to improve every single day.