Dolly Parton Quotes

I think every entertainer's had nights when things go wrong. I mean you can't remember everything all the time, and especially if you're having hard times personally, things going on that you - you know, and then people make it worse. And that makes you feel worse.
Dolly Parton

Time, Hard, Mean

I have surrounded myself with very smart people.
Dolly Parton

Smart, Surrounded

If I see something sagging, bagging or dragging I'll get it nipped, tucked or sucked.
Dolly Parton

Dragging, Sagging, Sucked

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.
Dolly Parton

Career, Done, Pretty

I modelled my looks on the town tramp.
Dolly Parton

Looks, Town, Tramp

My husband calls me 'catfish.' He says I'm all mouth and no brains.
Dolly Parton

Husband, Says, Mouth

People get a kick out of my stupidity.
Dolly Parton

Stupidity, Kick

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.
Dolly Parton

Time, Money, Business

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.
Dolly Parton

Life, Food, Hard

I love to flirt, and I've never met a man I didn't like.
Dolly Parton

Love, Flirt, Met

I still close my eyes and go home - I can always draw from that.
Dolly Parton

Home, Eyes, Close

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.
Dolly Parton

Family, Through, Friends

Children have always responded to me because I have that cartoon-character look.
Dolly Parton

Children, Responded

Every day I pray about all I do.
Dolly Parton

I can't do nothing just a little.
Dolly Parton

I can't tell anybody else how to run their life or their business, but I really believe I've got a good bead on myself.
Dolly Parton

Life, Good, Business

I don't have anything to say about other people's art and their work.
Dolly Parton

I'm just a simple country girl.
Dolly Parton

Girl, Simple, Country

If I hadn't been a woman, I'd be a drag queen for sure. I like all that flair and I'd be dressing up in them high heels and putting on the big hair. I'd be like Ru Paul.
Dolly Parton

Woman, Big, Hair

My grandpa was a preacher.
Dolly Parton

Grandpa, Preacher

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

Children, Old, Support

Oh, I can spot a phoney a mile away.
Dolly Parton

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

Hard, Tendency, Awfully

I just kind of wake up with a new idea and new dreams every day, and I follow that dream, as they say.
Dolly Parton

Dreams, Dream, Idea

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

Good, Keep, Her

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Nationality: American

Born: January 19, 1946

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