Quotes from Dolly Parton

Most country songs, certainly all the stuff I've written, are stories driven by characters.

No one could have been nicer, classier nor better looking than Dick Clark. I've had a crush on him since I was a teenager.

My mother was always fascinated with the fact that I could rhyme so much stuff.

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

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.

All my momma's people were very musical. My grandpa, who was the Pentecostal minister, he was a great musician. He played the fiddle, he played the piano.

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

Energy begets energy.

I don't have anything to say about other people's art and their work.

Funny thing is that the poorer people are, the more generous they seem to be.

I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb . . . and I also know that I'm not blonde.

Of course, 'I Will Always Love You' is the biggest song so far in my career. I'm famous for several, but that one has been recorded by more people and made me more money, I think, than all of them. But that song did come from a true and deep place in my heart.