Dolly Parton

“When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they're not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can 'cause I know I'm gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try...”

“I have had some cosmetic surgery, especially after I lost weight and stuff, and I've had my breasts lifted - but not injected. That would scare me to death, anyway.”

“I'm very short, so I just have to watch my weight because I have a big appetite.”

“Everywhere I go, the kids call me 'the book lady.' The older I get, the more appreciative I seem to be of the 'book lady' title. It makes me feel more like a legitimate person, not just a si...”

“My philosophy is simple: It's a down-home, common, horse-sense approach to things.”

“I think there is a little magic in the fact that I'm so totally real but look so artificial at the same time.”

“I will not play just an evil part. In fact, I got offered $7 million several years ago to play the part that Faye Dunaway played in 'Supergirl.' I was kind of insulted. I was impressed with...”

“I was approached about having my own network many, many years ago. There were some people who wanted to start up a network, and I didn't want to get that involved in the business aspect of i...”

“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.”

“I wear wigs all the time on shows, and every day when I'm in public, at Dollywood. People say, 'How many wigs do you have?' And I say, 'Well, at least 365 because I wear at least one a day.'”

“You don't see too many atheists on the deathbed. They all start cramming then.”

“I would honestly say that with all the awards and all the other things that I've done in my life, Dollywood is one of the greatest dreams that I've ever had come true - I am so proud of that...”

“Mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of Whitney Houston, I will always be grateful and in awe of the wonderful performance she did on my song, and I can truly say...”

“I don't make people bend over backwards, and I don't like that in people. I am definitely no diva.”

“If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words.”

“'Wrecking Ball' is a great song.”

“I always loved that old song 'Banks of the Ohio' - it was always such a man's song, so I've always wanted to record it.”

“The only way I'd be caught without makeup is if my radio fell in the bathtub while I was taking a bath and electrocuted me and I was in between makeup at home. I hope my husband would slap a...”

“I feel that sin and evil are the negative part of you, and I think it's like a battery: you've got to have the negative and the positive in order to be a complete person.”

“I am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one running out of the closet.”