Dolly Parton

Singer, Songwriter, Actress

Dolly Parton is a celebrated singer-songwriter and philanthropist known for her impactful music and advocacy for literacy and women's rights.

Born
January 19, 1946
Quotes
587
Rank
#426

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"Kenneth Hari is a true artist and in my opinion a psychic. When he is painting you, he feels your heart and soul."

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"I don't trust anyone who does their own hair. I don't think it's natural."

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"Some of my dreams are so big they would scare you."

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"My biggest extravagances are also investments. I have several houses in California, a house in Nashville, an office complex, and I bought the old home place in Tennessee. They are different places for me to write, but I can turn right around and sell them."

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"I do believe that any successful business starts from the top and works its way down."

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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've never let a rhinestone go unturned"

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"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, so I'm able to kind of express it, or their joy."

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"If I hadn't been a woman, I'd be a drag queen for sure. I like all that flair and I'd be dressing up in them high heels and putting on the big hair. I'd be like Ru Paul."

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

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"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."

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"I'm in the public eye, so I don't care who knows what I get done. If I see something sagging, dragging, or bagging, I get it sucked, tucked, or plucked."

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"I modelled my looks on the town tramp."

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"I've always been a freak and different, oddball even in my childhood and my own family, so I can relate to people who are struggling and trying to find their true identity. I do not sit in the seat of judgment. .. I love people for who they are. We're all God's children."

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"I know the struggles of poor people, and have always kept that with me."

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