Depression runs in my family on both sides, and I have to be wary.
— Dolly Parton
I think so many people live their whole life in fear and doubt and shame.
I had nothing growing up, but I always wanted to be 'sexy,' even before I knew what the word was.
They say somebody's 'street smart.' I feel like, if I got intelligence, it's just a country smart.
I wear wigs all the time on shows, and every day when I'm in public, at Dollywood. People say, 'How many wigs do you have?' And I say, 'Well, at least 365 because I wear at least one a day.'
'9 to 5,' that little song, that little story, just won't ever end. Just like 'I Will Always Love You,' it just keeps comin' back, popping up its head in one way or another.
I've... been accused of being involved with every man I'm ever seen with or worked with. Maybe I have, maybe I ain't. I never tell if I have.
First thing I do in the morning, after I have my breakfast and do my spiritual work, is put on my makeup and fix my hair, and I can do my makeup in 15 minutes.
God knows when the end of time will come, not some fanatic... The world will end someday, but the end of the world and the end of time are two different things.
People are looking for something a little more stable; people are feeling like they need to get closer to God.
I'm very short, so I just have to watch my weight because I have a big appetite.
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.
Funny thing is that the poorer people are, the more generous they seem to be.
My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved.
There's a scripture that says, 'A merry heart doeth good like medicine.' I think that's true, too.
I'm no natural beauty. If I'm gonna have any looks at all, I'm gonna have to create them.
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.
People say I look so happy - and I say, 'That's the Botox.'
A lot of my heartbreak songs are inspired by things my sisters are going through, or friends.
All my momma's people were very musical. My grandpa, who was the Pentecostal minister, he was a great musician. He played the fiddle, he played the piano.
People don't realize that we, we meaning people in show business, have the same problems as everyone else. Money doesn't change that. Fame doesn't change that. Sometimes that brings on more problems. You know, it's just a different kind of problems.
Of course, 'I Will Always Love You' is the biggest song so far in my career. I'm famous for several, but that one has been recorded by more people and made me more money, I think, than all of them. But that song did come from a true and deep place in my heart.
No matter how beautiful a woman might be, you're always threatened by certain... You're always threatened by other women, period.
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 am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one running out of the closet.
No one could have been nicer, classier nor better looking than Dick Clark. I've had a crush on him since I was a teenager.
The secret to a long marriage is to stay gone.
Everywhere I go, the kids call me 'the book lady.' The older I get, the more appreciative I seem to be of the 'book lady' title. It makes me feel more like a legitimate person, not just a singer or an entertainer. But it makes me feel like I've done something good with my life and with my success.
I say, 'Yeah, Taylor Swift.' I think she is a smart, beautiful girl. I think she's making all the right moves. She's got a good head on her shoulders. She's surrounded with wonderful people. Her songs are great. She keeps herself anchored. She knows who she is, and she's living and standing by that.
I think your values are always influenced by your family and your community.
I can be accused of trying to be commercial sometimes.
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 been to those places where it's 'poor, pitiful me.'
I'm comfortable in my own skin, no matter how far it's stretched. Ha ha.
I wear make-up, and it gets a little bit thicker every year.
I had to get rich so I could sing like I was poor again.
When I was a little girl, I always dreamed of being a star. I didn't really know what all that meant. I didn't know.
It's not easy being young. It's hard to know what to do.
You don't see too many atheists on the deathbed. They all start cramming then.
I will never retire unless I have to.
God tells us not to judge one another, no matter what anyone's sexual preferences are or if they're black, brown or purple.
I try to see the good in everybody, and I don't care who people are as long as they're themselves, whatever that is.
I met my husband before I became a star, and he doesn't care about any of it.
I'll never graduate from collagen.
Dollywood is a family park, and all families are welcome. We do have a policy about profanity or controversial messages on clothing or signs. It is to protect the individual wearing or carrying them, as well as to keep down fights or problems by those opposed to it at the park.
I often joke that 100 years from now I hope people are saying, 'Dang, she looks good for her age!'
I've always kinda been a little outcast myself, a little oddball, doin' my thing, my own way. And it's been hard for me to, to be accepted, certainly in the early years of my life.
People just overshoot trying to find God. They're going outside and trying everything. They don't realize that it's right inside themselves.
Thanks to Botox and fillers, as well as the work that I've already had, my face pretty much maintains itself.
I try not to go around looking like a hag.
