"My songs are like my children -..." - Quote by Dolly Parton

“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.”

“We're all just a bunch of sinners, but we do the best we can.”

“I hated school. Even to this day, when I see a school bus it's just depressing to me. The poor little kids.”

“I don't need to edit names out of songs and I don't need to edit details out of my songs because I've always been able to be honest with my music. That's the one place where I'm never ever going to change how I do things.”

“When we're falling in love or out of it, that's when we most need a song that says how we feel. Yeah, I write a lot of songs about boys. And I'm very happy to do that.”

“That little Miley Cyrus... she's like a little Elvis. The kids love her because she's Hannah Montana, but what people don't realize about her is she is such a fantastic singer and songwriter. She writes songs like she's 40 years old!”

“You have to think outside the box.”

“I’m always secretly the most pleased when a show just really, really looks good and when my camera guys are really happy with the images they got.”

“Critics, mathematicians, scientists and busybodies want to classify everything, marking the boundaries and limits... In art, there is room for all possibilities.”