Dolly Parton

“I've tried different things through the years to get some play on mainstream. I'll try to tailor-make it.”

“God knows when the end of time will come, not some fanatic... The world will end someday, but the end of the world and the end of time are two different things.”

“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,...”

“Believe it or not, I was just given an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee.”

“You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.”

“I think that I know the value of a dollar.”

“I know some of the best Dolly Parton jokes. I made 'em up myself.”

“I try to see the good in everybody, and I don't care who people are as long as they're themselves, whatever that is.”

“Sometimes if you jump into something too quickly, you can screw up something that might have been good two years down the road.”

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

“When I started the Imagination Library in my hometown, I never dreamed that one day we would be helping Scottish kids.”

“When I was a little girl, I always dreamed of being a star. I didn't really know what all that meant. I didn't know.”

“If I can get my dress on, my weight is under control.”

“No matter what, I always make it home for Christmas. I love to go to my Tennessee Mountain Home and invite all of my nieces and nephews and their spouses and kids and do what we all like to...”

“Most country songs, certainly all the stuff I've written, are stories driven by characters.”

“I want to go and go, and then drop dead in the middle of something I'm loving to do. And if that doesn't happen, if I wind up sitting in a wheelchair, at least I'll have my high heels on.”

“I'd love to do a duet, always wanted to work with Madonna, but she never asked.”

“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 el...”

“If people work for me over the years, I expect them to be paid what they're owed, but I don't expect them to be paid more than they earn.”

“That little Miley Cyrus... she's like a little Elvis. The kids love her because she's Hannah Montana, but what people don't realize about her is she is such a fantastic singer and songwriter...”