I've used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool... but that's just natural.
— Dolly Parton
I'm very secure about my talents and about who I am.
I don't make people bend over backwards, and I don't like that in people. I am definitely no diva.
I'm always amazed by the people who work on stage who sing night after night, day after day, week in week out.
It's always great to perform at home in the good ol' U.S.A.
George Jones was my all-time favorite singer and one of my favorite people in the world.
I am confident that partnering my Dollywood Company with a great company like Gaylord will create something truly special.
No one is ever successful at everything that they do.
When I started the Imagination Library in my hometown, I never dreamed that one day we would be helping Scottish kids.
People are always asking me in interviews, 'What do you think of foreign affairs?' I just say, 'I've had a few.'
I never thought, in my lifetime, that you'd be able to watch movies, read books and listen to music from a phone, but I guess the technology of tomorrow is here today.
I always ask God to work through me and let me be a light of some kind and help in this world, so I always pray for that, and I always want to do good.
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 didn't know any gay people in my childhood.
I have suffered most of the things I write about - or my friends have.
I always think of myself as a working girl.
I don't like to get involved in things that I am not familiar with. I'm kind of a hands-on type of person.
A lot of people don't realise I came out of the Smoky Mountains with a load of songs.
I think people take me as seriously as I want them to. They take me as seriously as I take myself - let's put it that way.
Most country songs, certainly all the stuff I've written, are stories driven by characters.
Every time I come to Europe, I'm just as excited as I was my very first time, which was many, many years ago. I love that part of the world, and I especially love the fans.
'Wrecking Ball' is a great song.
I always thought that if I made it big or got successful at what I had started out to do, that I wanted to come back to my part of the country and do something great, something that would bring a lot of jobs into this area.
God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons.
I thank God for my failures. Maybe not at the time but after some reflection. I never feel like a failure just because something I tried has failed.
There are some loony people in this world!
That little Miley Cyrus... she's like a little Elvis. The kids love her because she's Hannah Montana, but what people don't realize about her is she is such a fantastic singer and songwriter. She writes songs like she's 40 years old!
My first phone was two tin cans tied together with string, and it worked pretty good.
Nobody can ever make enough money for as many poor relatives as I've got. Somebody's got a sick kid, or somebody needs an operation, somebody ain't got this, somebody ain't got that. Or to give the kids all a car when they graduate.
I think everyone should be with who they love.
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.
We just seem to have lost all our morals and principles and values these days.
I just don't have time to get old!
I was approached about having my own network many, many years ago. There were some people who wanted to start up a network, and I didn't want to get that involved in the business aspect of it.
I will not play just an evil part. In fact, I got offered $7 million several years ago to play the part that Faye Dunaway played in 'Supergirl.' I was kind of insulted. I was impressed with the money, but I said, 'Why are you asking me to play an evil witch? Do I come across as an evil witch to you?'
I have had some cosmetic surgery, especially after I lost weight and stuff, and I've had my breasts lifted - but not injected. That would scare me to death, anyway.
I have little bones.
I love traveling all over the world; but it's true: there's nothing like home.
'9 to 5 the Musical' is perfect for anyone that's ever wanted to string up their boss, which is almost all of us.
I would honestly say that with all the awards and all the other things that I've done in my life, Dollywood is one of the greatest dreams that I've ever had come true - I am so proud of that I can't even begin to tell you, Dollywood is real special to me.
I don't like to give advice. I like to give people information because everyone's life is different, and everyone's journey is different.
Mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of Whitney Houston, I will always be grateful and in awe of the wonderful performance she did on my song, and I can truly say from the bottom of my heart, 'Whitney, I will always love you. You will be missed.'
Years ago, when I first started being a big star, I had fans that were fanatical. It was when 'Jolene' was a big hit.
Kitty Wells was the first and only Queen of Country Music, no matter what they call the rest of us. She was a great inspiration to me as well as every other female singer in the country music business. In addition to being a wonderful asset to country music, she was a wonderful woman.
We're all just a bunch of sinners, but we do the best we can.
I'm an energy vampire. I just suck off everybody's energy. But I give it back.
I do have a lot of gays in my family now, but some will never come out.
I can write a song in about an hour if it's a simple country song.
Money ain't everything.
I do believe that any successful business starts from the top and works its way down.
