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.
— Dolly Parton
Sevier County is a great area.
There's nothing like white trash at the White House.
No, I can't do rap music!
Living in America and, of course, just being women in general, we've got more strength than we think we do.
Songwriting is my way of channeling my feelings and my thoughts. Not just mine, but the things I see, the people I care about. My head would explode if I didn't get some of that stuff out.
I love Indian, Italian and Mexican food. And if it's a romantic type of thing, I like a good French restaurant.
I used to sing songs and write with my uncle, Bill Owens.
Until I was a teenager, I used red pokeberries for lipstick and a burnt matchstick for eyeliner. I used honeysuckle for perfume.
I love being busy.
I'm working on my life story. I'm not decided if it's going to be a musical or a movie with music in it.
I always wanted to be loved.
Every seven years, I sit down and make a whole new plan.
When I got somethin' to say, I'll say it.
For some reason, I have better luck when I work with women. I guess I have a good sense of sisterhood.
I did not, thank the Lord, have to have a hysterectomy.
I do have a few little tattoos, but they were mostly done to cover scars because I'm so fair.
I still have my first paycheck. It was just, I think, a dollar or two that I got when I started as a songwriter with BMI, and I had some songs there that I had through the company, and in the mail I got this big old check for, like, a dollar and a half or something. Somebody had recorded one of my songs.
If you like good ol' fashion Southern soul food then, yes, I am a good cook! My specialty is chicken dumplings and poke salad.
Never leave a rhinestone unturned.
Believe it or not, I was just given an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee.
I don't have time to stand around and listen to an 11-minute song.
I ain't never far away from a pencil and paper or a tape recorder.
It took me years to eat a lot of shellfish. I was probably 20 years old before I had even seen a shrimp cocktail. I like oysters, but fried.
You always want your people to be proud of what you have accomplished.
You don't need to buy expensive cosmetics; almost anything will do if you know how to apply it.
I'll be like Bob Hope, touring when I'm 100.
I'd love to do a duet, always wanted to work with Madonna, but she never asked.
I've always loved the fans in Scotland and have a little Scottish blood of my own.
My fat never made me less money.
My mama never wore a pair of pants when I was growing up, and now that's all she wears. It was so funny for me when I first started seeing Mama wear pants. It was like it wasn't Mama. Now I've bought her many a pantsuit because she just lives in them.
I've done everything every fat person ever has. I've tried every diet.
I don't kiss nobody's butt.
I am a tender-hearted person, and I feel everything to the ninth degree.
I know that I always wanted things. I was always proud of my people, proud of my home, but I always wanted more. I think most people do.
My first job was singing on the Cas Walker radio show in Knoxville, Tennessee. I was about 10 years old, and I thought it was big time.
I'm a singer, a writer and an actress - when I find something that I feel good enough about doing.
Above everything else I've done, I've always said I've had more guts than I've got talent.
Some guys look better as they get older.
Writing's just as natural to me as getting up and cooking breakfast.
Every single diet I ever fell off of was because of potatoes and gravy of some sort.
I don't think you ever really know what all you're doing, so you have to act on faith.
I do write a lot of children's songs, and I'm going to do a children's television show, which also means I'll be doing a lot of albums. So I do hope my future will hold a lot of things for children.
Energy begets energy.
I come from a family of 12, so I kind of got a little lost as a child.
When I get down, I don't waller around for long.
If I can get my dress on, my weight is under control.
When you're 40, you can't ride the fence anymore. You gotta make definite decisions about your life.
I love Velveeta cheese.
A gypsy told me I was going to do great things. I was going to make all kinds of money.
