Dolly Parton Quotes

"Hopefully now that we're older we'll have to settle down. Maybe when we're old women we'll do a third one. We are old women."

"When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next."

"I hated school. Even to this day, when I see a school bus it's just depressing to me. The poor little kids."

"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."

"At a certain point, you start to think about your legacy, ... If you're lucky enough that someone's listening in 100 years, you want 'em to have all the pieces."

"You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try."

"I modelled my looks on the town tramp."

"If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words"

"You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap!"

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

"I was the first woman to burn my bra - it took the fire department four days to put it out."

"I'm not offended by dumb blonde jokes because I know that I'm not dumb. I also know I'm not blonde."

"The magic is inside you. There aint no crystal ball."

"If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words."

"I'm old enough and cranky enough now that if someone tried to tell me what to do, I'd tell them where to put it."

"My weaknesses have always been food and men - in that order."

"I wouldn't have missed this for anything in the world, ... You're definitely going to be in for some great entertainment."

"After the Gold Rush."

"I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde."

"I wanted to be the first woman to burn her bra, but it would have taken the fire department four days to put it out."