Quotes from Dolly Parton

I don't have maids or servants, and my husband and I love waking up early and going to the 24-hour supermarket when there is nobody else there.

Mama sewed the rags together, sewing every piece with love. She made my coat of many colors that I was proud of.

I love everybody. My heart's open to everybody.

I love thinking, I love coming up with great ideas. I just get excited. Sometimes if I get a big idea, I'm just like a kid, like I've found a new toy.

I do think there's gonna always be a group of country people that are always going to love the old traditional sound.

I love writing every song I can like a little mini movie. I like to have a character, or some characters, and really paint a picture with the song.

I'd love to develop and star in my own children's show, write children's books, do children's albums, movies, DVDs, etc.

I love the energy of children. It makes me feel young. I'm just drawn to them. They're like magic to me. And they're drawn to me, the childlike part of me that never did grow up.

I don't like to give advice. I like to give people information because everyone's life is different, and everyone's journey is different.

A gypsy told me I was going to do great things. I was going to make all kinds of money.

People like bluegrass. It's had a following amongst a lot of hip and young people. A lot of college kids like bluegrass.

My husband and I had to raise five of my younger brothers and sisters. They lived with us. We sent them to school.

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

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

I've never had that much trouble with the paparazzi, but I don't run the same circles that a lot of these people that do get hounded by the paparazzi.

I'm gonna be making records anyway, even if I had to sell 'em out of the trunk of my car. I'm that kind of musician and singer.

I'm not happy all the time, and I wouldn't want to be because that would make me a shallow person. But I do try to find the good in everybody.

When I sit back in my rocking chair someday, I want to be able to say I've done it all.

I have to not harden my heart, because I want to stay open to feel things.

I'm not a politician. And I don't want to be.

I think people take me as seriously as I want them to. They take me as seriously as I take myself - let's put it that way.

I stay close to my roots and my family. I never want to forget any part of it. I'm still just a hillbilly at heart, thus a Backwoods Barbie.

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 it.

I think I became more productive through not having children. I never really had the desire to have them. My husband didn't want them either, so it worked out well.