Dolly Parton Quotes

If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours.

I wrote a lot of songs that people wouldn’t play on the radio, but I didn’t care. It bothered me at the time, but I never thought, “I shouldn’t have done that.” Whatever I write is just what comes out of me, and I refuse to be judged.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain.

A bird & a fish can fall in love, but where do they make a home?

My nails are my rhythm section, when I'm writing a song all alone. Some day, I may cut an album, just me and my nails.

There's some that constantly put monkeys on your back. It' their monkey, but somehow you end up carrying it. Often there are people who really care, but they constantly have problems and they want to share it with you and you're constantly trying to fix things for them. In truth, you're worried more about their problems than you do your own. Be weary of the monkeys.

I just wanted to be different. I wanted to be seen.

Its hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world.

Smile — it increases your face value.

the magic is inside you. there ain't no crystal ball

Get down off ‘at cross;
Somebody needs the wood!

I think that if I am smart in business, it’s just that I’m smart about who I am. I know what I can, can’t, will and won’t do, and if I have to be strict about that, I will.

It takes a lot of money to look this cheap.

If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

in her mother’s wedding gown