"I don't listen to music for fun...." - Quote by Dolly Parton

“I'm just a singer/songwriter and entertainer and I miss people and the energy of the crowd. When I play live it's a lovefest with me and my audience. It's how I get my rocks off.”

“Music is my personal addiction. So much of everything I've done has only been to open more doors for the music itself. It all gets back to the fact that I am, first of all, a songwriter and a singer.”

“Adjusting to the passage of time, I think, is a key to success and to life: just being able to roll with the punches.”

“When you are laboring for others, let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.”

“No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting.”

“I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given.”

“Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.”

“I think my first album opened a lot of doors for me to push the freedom of speech to the limit.”

“I like working with sound; sound and rhythm. I like the abstract more than "What does that mean?" Nobody ever says to you, "Why did you use a harmonium?" Or "What is that ringing sound that occurs here?" The questions are always "What does that song mean?" or "What were you trying to say here?"”