Dolly Parton.

After Momma Gave Birth to 12 of Us Kids, We Put Her up on a Pedestal. It Was Mostly to Keep Daddy Away from Her.

I’m Like a Cartoon! I’ll Look This Way When I’m 80. 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!

Some of My Dreams Are so Big They Would Scare You.

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.

I Have Loved Performing Since I Was Big Enough to Wrestle My Little Brothers and Sisters into Sitting Long Enough for Me to Sing Them My Latest Musical Masterpiece. I Just Hope Y’all Will Come Out and See This Little Girl from the Hills of Tennessee Walk Out There on That Big Ole Stage and Make Her Dreams Come True, Don’t Make Me Wrestle You Too, ‘Cause I Will If I Have To!

I’m Not Like a Real Person. I Love Being Artificial. I Think There’s a Little Magic in the Fact That I’m so Totally Real, but Look so Artificial at the Same Time.

I’m Just a Singer/songwriter and Entertainer and I Miss People and the Energy of the Crowd. When I Play Live, It’s a Lovefest with Me and My Audience. It’s How I Get My Rocks Off.

I’m a Show off Basically… Always Have Been.

I Learned Early on That I Could Get a Lot of Attention by Singing and Writing Little Songs, so It Was Like Throwing Nuts to a Monkey… I Just Couldn’t Get Enough.

I Feel Fortunate That I’ve Had a Lot of Songs Recorded by Other People, Because I Take My Songwriting Very Seriously. It’s Only Those People That Have Followed Me Over the Years and Really Know My Work That Know How Serious I Am About All of It Including the Way I Look. You Can’t Take My High Heels from Me, You Can’t Have My Long Fingernails, You Can’t Take All This Hair from Me, Because It’s Part of This Thing That I’ve Become. I Wouldn’t Want to Give Any of It Up. Do I Have to Be Ugly to Be a Songwriter? This Is the Way I Am, and It’s What I Choose to Be.

I’ll Never Harden My Heart, but I’ve Toughened the Muscles Around It.

If There’s a Heaven, I Hope to Hell I Go!

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 Figure If I Keep My Health, I Have No Intention of Retiring. I Love to Work. I Want to Be Like Bob Hope. I Want to Keep on Going Out and Doing What I Love to Do. of Course, I’m No Bob Hope, but I Mean That Feeling That You Never Are Old and Have Things to Offer and Can Be Useful to Somebody. I Always Want to Be Useful, I Have No Intentions of Retiring Unless I Should Get Sick or Something Should Happen to My Husband. Other Than That I’m Going to Work Until I Fall Over.

I’ve Never Been the Big Recording Star I’d Love to Be Some Day. I’ve Had Lots of Hits off and on Through the Years but I’ve Never Had the Success of Other Artists One Hit After Another Back to Back to Back and Big Hits, Where Every Song Is Going to Be Number One. I’m Not Greedy or Nothing. I Just Want Everything. Is There Something Wrong with That?

It’s When You Treat People Like Freaks That You Become One Yourself.

I Was Blessed to Have Family Members Who Encouraged Me to Pursue My Dreams. Whether It Is Your Parents, or Your Uncles or Your Aunts or Even the Neighbor Down the Road, It’s Important That Kids Have Someone Who Encourages Them to Chase Their Rainbow.

Sometimes, You See Folks Who Have a Negative View of Dreamers People Who Sit Around All Day on Their Hindquarters and Do Absolutely Nothing. These Folks Aren’t Dreamers They Are Just Lazy. to Me, Dreaming Is Just Part of Being Alive, Inspired, and Curious About the World.

I Feel Blessed That I Still Have the Little Dolly in My Heart, I’m Still the Same Girl That Wants to Squeeze Every Little Drop Out of Life That I Can.

To Me, It’s About Dreaming in the Day and in the Night. Dreams Have Always Helped Me Visualize My Goals and Aspirations. When I Was a Child, I Could See Me on Stage Singing My Heart Out. I Could See What I Was Wearing and Where I Was Going. I Would Visit That Dream Every Single Day and as I Look Back, My Dreams Kept Me Focused on What I Wanted to Do and the Person I Wanted to Be.

I Have Always Been a Firm Believer in Working Hard for What Is Right and for Making Your Own Breaks If You Want Things to Change.

I’m on a Seafood Diet I See Food, I Eat It.

I Enjoy the Way I Look, but It’s a Joke.

I Never, Ever Get Involved in Politics. with Politics You Are Not Allowed to Be Honest. I Don’t Have Time to Deal with That. I Would Rather Work with Kids.

When the New Country Came Out 10 to 15 Years Ago, People My Age Were Almost Too Old. but It Never Stopped Me. I Never Stopped Writing. I Never Stopped Recording.