934 Quotes by Dolly Parton

I've always believed in my talent. And I've always had more guts than talent.

I was probably 7 years old when I started playing the guitar and writing some serious songs.

Jump out of bed and I stumble to the kitchen, pour myself a cup of ambition and yawn and stretch and try to come alive.

I think I became more productive through not having children. I never really had the desire to have them. My husband didn't want them either, so it worked out well.

When I got somethin' to say, I'll say it.

Adjusting to the passage of time is a key to success and to life: just being able to roll with the punches.

I think the fact that I look totally artificial, but I am totally real, has its own kind of magic in it.

I'm almost like three people. There's me the, Dolly, the person. There's me, the star. And then there's me, the manager.

I love thinking, I love coming up with great ideas. I just get excited. Sometimes if I get a big idea, I'm just like a kid, like I've found a new toy.