Philanthropist Quotes

“I don't think I'm a great actress. I think I can act or I can react. Coming from a musical background and being a dramatic singer and writer, when I write stuff I really feel it. So I sing it like it comes from here. That's how I do the acting.”

“I'm so thankful I can write songs. I can capture all those memories in my songs and keep those memories alive.”

“I was born with a happy heart, and I try to keep a good attitude. It's not true that I'm happy all the time because nobody is, and we all go through our things.”

“A lot of my heartbreak songs are inspired by things my sisters are going through, or friends.”

“My songs are like my children - I expect them to support me when I'm old.”

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

“I'm just a simple country girl.”

“Less is not more. More is more.”

“I know when something ain't right, and I know exactly what I will or won't tolerate.”

“I tried the Scarsdale diet and the Stillman water diet (you remember that one, where you run weight off trying to get to the bathroom).”

“People don't realize that, you know, we have - "we" meaning people in show business have the same problems as everybody else. Money don't change that. Fame don't change that. Sometimes that brings on more problems. You know, it's just a - different kind of problems. As they say, money ain't everything.”

“My husband and I had to raise five of my younger brothers and sisters. They lived with us. We sent them to school.”

“I've always been fascinated by everything with wings.”

“I have a tendency to be awfully big-hearted and it's very hard for me to say no, even when I need to.”

“I have to not harden my heart, because I want to stay open to feel things.”

“I'm like a cartoon! I'll look this way when I'm eighty. I can see it now, people will be rolling me around in a wheelchair and I'll still have my big hair, nails, my high heels and my boobs stuck out!”

“I just can't stand to look plain, 'cause that don't fit my personality. I may be a very artificial-looking person, but the good news is, I'm very real on the inside.”

“I always love working with children. I never had children of my own. God has his purposes. God didn't let me have children so everybody's children could be mine. That's kind of how I'm looking at it.”

“I hope people realise that there is a brain underneath the hair and a heart underneath the boobs.”

“It was never a marketing tool. People say that, but I dress this way for the same reasons I did when I first started doing it. It still comes from a serious place inside of me. I get up in the morning, and I think I just look better a certain way I do my makeup. I want to shine, I want to glitter. I'm not getting up thinking, "Oh, this'll get 'em." And I'm not doing it to make a statement. I'm just doing it to look like Dolly - the Dolly that I know and the Dolly that you know.”

“Its hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world.”

“Dollywood is a family park, and all families are welcome. We do have a policy about profanity or controversial messages on clothing or signs. It is to protect the individual wearing or carrying them, as well as to keep down fights or problems by those opposed to it at the park.”

“All of my brothers and sisters are very talented. They all sang all right.”

“I compare myself to a good barn. You can have a good barn, and if you paint it, it looks a little better. But if you take the paint off, it's still a good barn.”

“I always wanted to be loved.”