My songs are like my children - I expect them to support me when I'm old.
— Dolly Parton
A lot of people have said I'd have probably done better in my career if I hadn't looked so cheap and gaudy. But I dress to be comfortable for me, and you shouldn't be blamed because you want to look pretty.
I've enjoyed all the parts of my career.
I was probably 7 years old when I started playing the guitar and writing some serious songs.
I'm old enough and cranky enough now that if someone tried to tell me what to do, I'd tell them where to put it.
Plastic surgeons are always making mountains out of molehills.
If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words.
I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde.
When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they're not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can 'cause I know I'm gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try to make the most of it if you can? Some days, they pan out a little better than others, but you still gotta always just try.
When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.
I was the first woman to burn my bra - it took the fire department four days to put it out.
You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap!
I think I became more productive through not having children. I never really had the desire to have them. My husband didn't want them either, so it worked out well.
I look at myself like a show dog. I've got to keep her clipped and trimmed and in good shape.
I've copyrighted 3,000 songs.
I do remember how it was to be poor. I do remember that in my early years, we had to grow and raise all of our food, even our animals. And I remember in my early life, we didn't even have electricity. So it was very, very hard times then.
I still close my eyes and go home - I can always draw from that.
People make jokes about my bosoms, why don't they look underneath the breasts at the heart? It's obvious I've got big ones and if people want to assume they're not mine, then let them.
I modelled my looks on the town tramp.
I just don't feel like I have to explain myself.
If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.
We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.
You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.
I love to flirt, and I've never met a man I didn't like.
Stop this attitude that older people ain't any good anymore! We're as good as we ever were - if we ever were any good.
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.
I'm not a politician. And I don't want to be.
I look just like the girls next door... if you happen to live next door to an amusement park.
My weaknesses have always been food and men - in that order.
I hated school. Even to this day, when I see a school bus it's just depressing to me. The poor little kids.
Find out who you are. And do it on purpose.
You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen.
Storms make trees take deeper roots.
