Top 284 Quotes by Dolly Parton

I had to get rich so I could sing like I was poor again.

I try to see the good in everybody, and I don't care who people are as long as they're themselves, whatever that is.

I was approached about having my own network many, many years ago. There were some people who wanted to start up a network, and I didn't want to get that involved in the business aspect of it.

Songwriting is my way of channeling my feelings and my thoughts. Not just mine, but the things I see, the people I care about. My head would explode if I didn't get some of that stuff out.

As a songwriter, you respect and appreciate the writings of other people, and I often get asked, are there songs out there I wish I'd written? Yes. There's many of them!

I do have a lot of gays in my family now, but some will never come out.

I'm not intimidated by how people perceive me.

Being brought up very religious, I have a fear of people that look to idol gods.

My best country record only sold 200,000 copies.

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.