934 Quotes by Dolly Parton

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

I think country music is popular - has been popular and will always be popular because I think a lot of real people singing about a lot of real stuff about real people. And it's simple enough for people to understand it. And we kind of roll with the punches.

We're all God's children.

People don't realize that, you know, we have - "we" meaning people in show business have the same problems as everybody else. Money don't change that. Fame don't change that. Sometimes that brings on more problems. You know, it's just a - different kind of problems. As they say, money ain't everything.

You never know what's going to happen to you when you head out into the big world. And when you get older, you don't know how you're going to be thought of or seen.

Anyone who knows or cares anything about real country music will agree that George Jones is the voice of it.

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.

If I'd married someone in show business, there'd be too much competition.