Dolly Parton Quotes

“I think everyone should be with who they love.”

“I'm in the public eye, so I don't care who knows what I get done. If I see something sagging, dragging, or bagging, I get it sucked, tucked, or plucked.”

“I'm short and I have a big appetite. I can't do nothing just a little. It's the same with anything I do. It's very hard for me to love a little, have sex a little, to eat a little. I like to do everything, and I like to do it all the way that I want to do it.”

“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 love being active.”

“I look like a woman, but I think like a man.”

“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.”

“Kenneth Hari is a true artist and in my opinion a psychic. When he is painting you, he feels your heart and soul.”

“I usually get up at 3 A.M. I don't require a lot of sleep, and if I get tired, I'll take a powernap during the day.”

“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.”

“There are some people who physically are not beautiful. But the way they are, the way they treat people, they become beautiful, and you forget all about [their looks].”

“I enjoy the way I look, but it's a joke.”

“I have a life outside the arenas.”

“You know, I look like a woman but I think like a man. And in this world of business, that has helped me a lot. Because by the time they think that I don't know what's goin' on, I then got the money, and gone.”

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

“A tree reaches below the surface to gather strength for stargazing.”

“My aunt in Knoxville would bring newspapers up, which we used for toilet paper. Before we used it, we'd look at the pictures.”

“I hope life treats you kind, and I hope you have all that you ever dreamed of, and I wish you joy and happiness. But above all of this, I wish you love.”

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

“I don't want to throw rice. I want to throw rocks.”

“I love writing every song I can like a little mini movie. I like to have a character, or some characters, and really paint a picture with the song.”

“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.”

“It's not easy being young. It's hard to know what to do.”

“I often joke that 100 years from now I hope people are saying, 'Dang, she looks good for her age!'”

“I want to be like one of those little fainting goats that get scared and then just fall over. 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.”