934 Quotes by Dolly Parton

"After you reach a certain age, they think you’re over. Well, I will never be over. I’ll be making records if I have to sell them out of the trunk of my car. I’ve done that in my past, and I’d do it again."

"I used to feel so proud to be there with what I thought at the time were where the legends and heroes has stood and had sung. And I've been in the business so long, I've almost become one of them. So it's like I'm standing in my own footsteps."

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

"I like to buy clothes that are two sizes too small and then take them in a little."

"You always want your people to be proud of what you have accomplished."

"I've always admired Sir Elton's songwriting, musicianship and singing and I'm thrilled to be working with him,"

"It's when you treat people like freaks that you become one yourself."

"My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved."

"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."

"You know, I look like a woman but I think like a man. And in this world of business, that has helped me a lot. Because by the time they think that I don't know what's goin' on, I then got the money, and gone."