Dolly Parton

I love story songs because I've always loved books.

It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen.

I look at myself like a show dog. I've got to keep her clipped and trimmed and in good shape.

I'm just a simple country girl.

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

I look just like the girls next door... if you happen to live next door to an amusement park.

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

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

I'm a workin' girl.

I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde.

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

People make jokes about my bosoms why don't they look underneath the breasts at the heart? It's obvious I've got big ones and if people want to assume they're not mine then let them.

We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails.

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 think that I know the value of a dollar.

I can't do nothing just a little.

A lot of people have said I'd have probably done better in my career if I hadn't looked so cheap and gaudy. But I dress to be comfortable for me and you shouldn't be blamed because you want to look pretty.

I've never had a divorce but I've seen so many of my friends my sister my family go through that stuff so I try to write for the people that can't write about it. I take on their sorrow so I'm able to kind of express it or their joy.

I'm gonna be making records anyway even if I had to sell 'em out of the trunk of my car. I'm that kind of musician and singer.

I'm almost like three people. There's me the Dolly the person. There's me the star. And then there's me the manager.