"I've struggled enough in my life to..." - Quote by Dolly Parton

“I am confident that partnering my Dollywood Company with a great company like Gaylord will create something truly special.”

“I have little feet because nothing grows in the shade.”

“I always loved that old song Banks of the Ohio - it was always such a man's song, so I've always wanted to record it.”

“Fortitude is the disposition of soul which enables us to despise all inconveniences and the loss of things not in our power.”

“Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.”

“Be satisfied with your business, and learn to love what you were bred to.”

“Be natural my children. For the writer that is natural has fulfilled all the rules of art.”

“The only gift is a portion of thyself . . . the poet brings his poem; the shepherd his lamb. . . .”

“Peter would think her sentimental. So she was. For she had come to feel that it was the only thing worth saying – what one felt. Cleverness was silly. One must say simply what one felt.”