Quotes by Dolly Parton (Page 3 of 3)

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.

Songwriting is my way of channeling my feelings and my thoughts. Not just mine, but the things I see, the people I care about. My head would explode if I didn't get some of that stuff out.

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.

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 singer or an entertainer. But it makes me feel like I've done something good with my life and with my success.

I'm an energy vampire. I just suck off everybody's energy. But I give it back.

Every single diet I ever fell off of was because of potatoes and gravy of some sort.

I've always kinda been a little outcast myself, a little oddball, doin' my thing, my own way. And it's been hard for me to, to be accepted, certainly in the early years of my life.

I've used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool... but that's just natural.

I grew up around lots of men -- my father, my brothers, my uncles -- so I wasn't intimidated by them.

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.

Adjusting to the passage of time, I think, is a key to success and to life: just being able to roll with the punches.

My nails are my rhythm section when I'm writing a song all alone. Some day, I may cut an album, just me and my nails.

I will never retire unless I have to.

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.

My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved.

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.

Thanks to Botox and fillers, as well as the work that I've already had, my face pretty much maintains itself.

I'm no natural beauty. If I'm gonna have any looks at all, I'm gonna have to create them.

If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.

When I get down, I don't waller around for long.

I've done everything every fat person ever has. I've tried every diet.

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

I try not to go around looking like a hag.