Rainbows Dolly Parton Quotes

If people work for me over the years, I expect them to be paid what they're owed, but I don't expect them to be paid more than they earn. ~ Dolly Parton

Also there's this thing that happens to me sometimes, and it'll usually be me watching a video of Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers singing "Islands in the Stream" and I wonder if I'm crying because I have majorly unaddressed psychological reasons or if that song is really that beautiful. ~ Molly McAleer

Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton and I were the first female headliners, where we would book our own opening acts. Before that, it was a standing joke that it was more like we had 'pretty little girl singers' opening for a male headliner. ~ Barbara Mandrell

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

When I sit back in my rocking chair someday, I want to be able to say I've done it all. ~ Dolly Parton

I had a nightmare last night. I dreamed Dolly Parton was my mother and I was a bottle baby. ~ Henny Youngman

I always just thought if you see somebody without a smile, give'em yours! ~ Dolly Parton

I always like story songs, Dolly Parton, Tom T. Hall, Mel Tillis, Red Stegall, when they'd do their story songs. I was totally enthralled. ~ Reba McEntire

If teardrops were pennies and heartaches were gold, I'd have all the treasures my pockets could hold. ~ Dolly Parton

Thanks to Botox and fillers, as well as the work that I've already had, my face pretty much maintains itself. ~ Dolly Parton

Life is a song to me. ~ Dolly Parton

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. ~ Dolly Parton

The only way I'd be caught without makeup is if my radio fell in the bathtub while I was taking a bath and electrocuted me and I was in between makeup at home. I hope my husband would slap a little lipstick on me before he took me to the morgue. ~ Dolly Parton

There are certainly a lot of things that still need to change when it comes to women in the workforce. ~ Dolly Parton

Sometimes a song just has to cater to whatever's goin' on. A well-written song is a song that stays true to the subject. ~ Dolly Parton

If you like good ol' fashion Southern soul food then, yes, I am a good cook! My specialty is chicken dumplings and poke salad. ~ Dolly Parton

My mistakes are no worse than yours. ~ Dolly Parton

Lee Ann Womack is from near where I grew up in East Texas, so I've always looked up to her. I sang a lot of Dolly Parton as a kid and a lot of traditional western swing, like Patsy Cline and Roy Rogers. ~ Kacey Musgraves

I pray a lot. I pray that God will show me what to do and will guide me and lead me. ~ Dolly Parton

In the early days, Porter Wagoner would not exactly scold me, but he's say, 'You're writing too many damn verses. You're makin' these songs too damn long.' And I'd say, 'Yeah, but I'm tellin' a story. I have a story to tell.' And he'd say, 'Well, you're not going to get it on the radio.' If I start writing a song, I'm writing it for a reason. People would say that I had to have two verses, and a chorus, and a bridge. I tried to learn that formula. ~ Dolly Parton

Everywhere I go, the kids call me 'the book lady.' The older I get, the more appreciative I seem to be of the 'book lady' title. It makes me feel more like a legitimate person, not just a singer or an entertainer. But it makes me feel like I've done something good with my life and with my success. ~ Dolly Parton

I think [music and acting], they are connected, all that stuff. It's your emotional self, is pretty much how you do it, I think, from whatever place you do it, whether you're acting or you're singing. ~ Dolly Parton

People think I'm as shallow and superficial as I look, and it's a surprise when they find out, sure enough, I am. ~ Dolly Parton

I'm very short, so I just have to watch my weight because I have a big appetite. ~ Dolly Parton

People say I look so happy - and I say, 'That's the Botox.' ~ Dolly Parton

I've always been fascinated by everything with wings. ~ Dolly Parton

I was the first woman to burn my bra - it took the fire department four days to put it out. ~ Dolly Parton

People ask me, "Do you ever run out of patience? Are you ever rude to people?" Sometimes I am. I hate when it happens, but it seems like some people just try to get on your nerves. There are times when I feel like saying something like, "Why don't you get out of my face, you ugly woman. And take those bratty kids with you!" But at times like that I usually get all flustered. I get confused and say stupid stuff like, "Kiss my ass, that's what you are. And don't think I can't do it! ~ Dolly Parton

I look at myself like a show dog. I've got to keep her clipped and trimmed and in good shape. ~ Dolly Parton

My husband says I look like a Q-tip. ~ Dolly Parton

No, I can't do rap music! ~ Dolly Parton

I always thought that if I made it big or got successful at what I had started out to do, that I wanted to come back to my part of the country and do something great, something that would bring a lot of jobs into this area. ~ Dolly Parton

It's great at this stage in my life to still be in the running, that people appreciate you. ~ Dolly Parton

When I first got to Nashville, somebody said that [Kris Kristofferson and I] were the only two people who could describe Dolly Parton without using their hands. ~ Tom T. Hall

I write anywhere. I'm always banging around on the dashboard. Whatever I'm doing. I can make music out of anything. Whenever a song hits me, I'll pick some sort of melody or rhythm out on it, and kind of enhance the song. ~ Dolly Parton

If you want the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain. ~ Dolly Parton

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. ~ Dolly Parton

A lot of people don't realise I came out of the Smoky Mountains with a load of songs. ~ Dolly Parton

I often get myself in love trouble because I'm so passionate; I love so much and so deep. ~ Dolly Parton

If I hadn't been a woman, I'd be a drag queen for sure. I like all that flair and I'd be dressing up in them high heels and putting on the big hair. I'd be like Ru Paul. ~ Dolly Parton