934 Quotes by Dolly Parton

"I usually get up at 3 A.M. I don't require a lot of sleep, and if I get tired, I'll take a powernap during the day."

"I modelled my looks on the town tramp."

"Some of my dreams are so big they would scare you."

"Some people say that less is more. But I think more is more."

"I've always kinda been a little outcast myself, a little oddball, doin' my thing, my own way. And it's been hard for me to, to be accepted, certainly in the early years of my life."

"'9 to 5,' that little song, that little story, just won't ever end. Just like 'I Will Always Love You,' it just keeps comin' back, popping up its head in one way or another."

"I've never had a divorce, but I've seen so many of my friends, my sister, my family go through that stuff, so I try to write for the people that can't write about it. I take on their sorrow, so I'm able to kind of express it, or their joy."

"They're so picky about things with plays, and Fox has the rights to it. Maybe there be a version of it we can do. I can put a clause in my contract of the songs I wrote where maybe I'll get to do the songs here. Years later, maybe it can go on the road if it's a hit. If it isn't, we'll bring it here immediately."

"I'm not intimidated by how people perceive me."

"Now Momma's done away with the old black kettle she used to cook in when I was just littleAnd the door ain't sprung on her electric rangeThat little old farm and home we had it ain't there no more and that's too badFolks are doing away with the simple things..."