Quotes from Dolly Parton

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

I count my blessings far more than I count my money.

My best country record only sold 200,000 copies. I didn't have enough money for the band and the arrangements and the costumes and all. I had to move into wider fields.

If you're feeling low, don't despair. The sun has a sinking spell every night, but it comes back up every morning.

I describe my look as a blend of mother goose, cinderella, and the local hooker!

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

I'm working on my life story. I'm not decided if it's going to be a musical or a movie with music in it.

Music is my personal addiction. So much of everything I've done has only been to open more doors for the music itself. It all gets back to the fact that I am, first of all, a songwriter and a singer.

Music lives in me. Life is a song to me. I have the gift of rhyme, and I'm always trying to write and rhyme. Music is just natural everyday occurrence with me.

We could afford the price of peace. Love is all it costs.

Paradise is a state of mind.

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

God made me the way that I am and it's my business to be true to that.

I think god gave us talent because he screwed up our hair

I pray a lot. I pray that God will show me what to do and will guide me and lead me.

We're all God's children.

God tells us not to judge one another, no matter what anyone's sexual preferences are or if they're black, brown or purple.

God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons.

People are looking for something a little more stable; people are feeling like they need to get closer to God.

I've never been pregnant, so I just feel God didn't mean for me to have kids so that everybody else's children could be mine.

When I was with Andy Warhol, I thought, 'God, his wig looks cheaper than mine!'

If you like good ol' fashion Southern soul food then, yes, I am a good cook! My specialty is chicken dumplings and poke salad.

Don't judge me by the cover, 'cause I'm a real good book.

Stop this attitude that older people ain't any good anymore! We're as good as we ever were - if we ever were any good.