“All my momma's people were very musical. My grandpa, who was the Pentecostal minister, he was a great musician. He played the fiddle, he played the piano.”
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Dolly Parton is the most honored and revered female singer-songwriter of all time. She has garnered eleven Grammy Awards and fifty-five nominations, including the Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1999, Parton was inducted into the coveted Country Music Hall of Fame, and in 2022, she was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. She is the author of multiple bestselling books, including ***Songteller***; ***Run, Rose, Run*** (with<a href="https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL22258A" target="_blank"> James Patterson</a>); ***Behind the Seams***; and ***Good Lookin’ Cookin’***. To date, she has donated over 270 million books to children around the world with her <a href="https://imaginationlibrary.com" target="_blank">**Dolly Parton's Imagination Library**</a>, which is a part of the <a href="https://imaginationlibrary.com/the-dollywood-foundation/" target="_blank">Dollywood Foundation</a>, was founded in honor of her father, who never learned to read or write. It mails one book per month to each enrolled child from the time of their birth until they enter kindergarten.
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“All my momma's people were very musical. My grandpa, who was the Pentecostal minister, he was a great musician. He played the fiddle, he played the piano.”
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“I love to flirt, and I've never met a man I didn't like.”
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“I have a big gay and lesbian following and they've been very loyal and kind to me.”
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“My weaknesses have always been food and men - in that order.”
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“I've been very fortunate.”
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“I love Indian, Italian and Mexican food. And if it's a romantic type of thing, I like a good French restaurant.”
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“I'm just a friendly person; that runs in my family.”
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“Funny thing is that the poorer people are, the more generous they seem to be.”
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“I do have a lot of gays in my family now, but some will never come out.”
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“I still close my eyes and go home - I can always draw from that.”
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“I was born with a happy heart, and I try to keep a good attitude. It's not true that I'm happy all the time because nobody is, and we all go through our things.”
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“For some reason, I have better luck when I work with women. I guess I have a good sense of sisterhood.”
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“I look at myself like a show dog. I've got to keep her clipped and trimmed and in good shape.”
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“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.”
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“You gotta keep trying to find your niche and trying to fit into whatever slot that's left for you or to make one of your own.”
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“My grandpa was a preacher.”
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“God and I have a great relationship, but we both see other people.”
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“A gypsy told me I was going to do great things. I was going to make all kinds of money.”
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“I had nothing growing up, but I always wanted to be 'sexy,' even before I knew what the word was.”
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“I never thought, in my lifetime, that you'd be able to watch movies, read books and listen to music from a phone, but I guess the technology of tomorrow is here today.”
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