Dolly Parton

“I think so many people live their whole life in fear and doubt and shame.”

“I know who I am, I know what I can and can't do. I know what I will and won't do. I know what I'm capable of and I don't agree to do things that I don't think I can pull off.”

“My favorite movies of all times is 'Doctor Zhivago,' and I love 'Gone With the Wind.' I'd love to play some Southern belle or something where I owned a plantation.”

“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 don't have anything to say about other people's art and their work.”

“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.”

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

“I'm very short, so I just have to watch my weight because I have a big appetite.”

“They think I’m simpleminded because I seem to be happy. Why shouldn’t I be happy? I have everything I ever wanted and more. Maybe I am simpleminded. Maybe that’s the key: simple.”

“All of my brothers and sisters are very talented. They all sang all right.”

“'Jolene' has been very popular all of these years, even overseas.”

“I try not to go around looking like a hag.”

“There are certainly a lot of things that still need to change when it comes to women in the workforce.”

“Above everything else I've done, I've always said I've had more guts than I've got talent.”

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

“They say somebody's 'street smart.' I feel like, if I got intelligence, it's just a country smart.”

“First thing I do in the morning, after I have my breakfast and do my spiritual work, is put on my makeup and fix my hair, and I can do my makeup in 15 minutes.”

“I've always been fascinated by everything with wings.”

“I have a tendency to be awfully big-hearted and it's very hard for me to say no, even when I need to.”

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