Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Partonis an American singer, songwriter, actress, author, businesswoman, and humanitarian, known primarily for her work in country music. Parton is the most honored female country performer of all time. Achieving 25 RIAA certified gold, platinum, and multi-platinum awards, she has had 25 songs reach No. 1 on the Billboard Country charts, a record for a female artist. She has 41 career top 10 country albums, a record for any artist, and she has 110 career charted singles over...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth19 January 1946
CitySevierville, TN
CountryUnited States of America
Dolly Parton quotes about
I'll be like Bob Hope, touring when I'm 100.
I wouldn't wanna go out not looking like the Dolly people have come to know, because I've come to know her that way, too.
I never tried quitting, and I never quit trying.
I love the accomplishments and the awards that I've received through the years. But I've always worked more for the rewards than the awards. I've always counted my blessings before I've counted my money. I'm glad that new dreams come to me everyday.
God knows when the end of time will come, not some fanatic... The world will end someday, but the end of the world and the end of time are two different things.
First thing I do in the morning, after I have my breakfast and do my spiritual work, is put on my makeup and fix my hair, and I can do my makeup in 15 minutes.
I like to buy clothes that are two sizes too small and then take them in a little.
I love writing every song I can like a little mini movie. I like to have a character, or some characters, and really paint a picture with the song.
Some of my dreams are so big they would scare you.
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 remember how it was to be poor. I do remember that in my early years, we had to grow and raise all of our food, even our animals. And I remember in my early life, we didn't even have electricity. So it was very, very hard times then.
When I was with Andy Warhol, I thought, 'God, his wig looks cheaper than mine!'
My fat never made me less money.
My lips, I've used collagen. I line my lips with collagen.