934 Quotes by Dolly Parton

Most country songs, certainly all the stuff I've written, are stories driven by characters.

I just kind of wake up with a new idea and new dreams every day, and I follow that dream, as they say.

I don't mind being it [age 60], I just don't like saying it.

Believe it or not, I was just given an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee.

I've never been a feminist.

To me it's a two-way street. They're good to me, and I'm good to them. It's a natural thing for me to love people, and I think people sense it. ... I am secure with the kind of person I am. I don't feel like I'm better than anyone, but I'm just as good as anyone.

I tried every diet in the book. I tried some that weren't in the book. I tried eating the book. It tasted better than most of the diets.

My husband calls me 'catfish.' He says I'm all mouth and no brains.

I hope to die right in the middle of a song and right on the stage doing what I love to do. I hope to be about 120 when that happens.