Quotes By Dolly Parton

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.

Plastic surgeons are always making mountains out of molehills.

I look at myself like a show dog. I've got to keep her clipped and trimmed and in good shape.

I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.

I'm not a politician. And I don't want to be.

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.

It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.

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 can't do nothing just a little.

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

I feel that sin and evil are the negative part of you, and I think it's like a battery: you've got to have the negative and the positive in order to be a complete person.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

I wanted to be the first woman to burn her bra, but it would have taken the fire department four days to put it out.

I love story songs because I've always loved books.

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.

If I hadn't been a woman, I'd be a drag queen for sure. I like all that flair and I'd be dressing up in them high heels and putting on the big hair. I'd be like Ru Paul.

I have a big gay and lesbian following and they've been very loyal and kind to me.

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.

I think I've got my business notions and my sense for that sort of thing from my dad. My dad never had a chance to go to school. He couldn't read and write. But he was so smart. He was just one of those people that could just make the most of anything and everything that he had to work with.

My life has been very full.

I've tried different things through the years to get some play on mainstream. I'll try to tailor-make it.

You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap!

I'm just a simple country girl.

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.

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words.

Every day I pray about all I do.

I look just like the girls next door... if you happen to live next door to an amusement park.

If I see something sagging, bagging or dragging I'll get it nipped, tucked or sucked.

I was always a junk food person, still am.