Dolly Parton Quotes

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Dolly Parton

Profession : Singer

Birth : January 19, 1946

I have a big gay and lesbian following and they've been very loyal and kind to me.

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Oh, I can spot a phoney a mile away.

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I can't do nothing just a little.

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It's always great to perform at home in the good ol' U.S.A.

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My first job was singing on the Cas Walker radio show in Knoxville, Tennessee. I was about 10 years old, and I thought it was big time.

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I just don't have time to get old!

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I'm very secure about my talents and about who I am.

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I've tried different things through the years to get some play on mainstream. I'll try to tailor-make it.

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I'm always amazed by the people who work on stage who sing night after night, day after day, week in week out.

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Plastic surgeons are always making mountains out of molehills.

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My husband says I look like a Q-tip.

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I can't keep somebody from being a star, and I can't make somebody a star, and nobody can.

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I just kind of wake up with a new idea and new dreams every day, and I follow that dream, as they say.

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I've copyrighted 3,000 songs.

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I can be accused of trying to be commercial sometimes.

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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.

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I want to go and go, and then drop dead in the middle of something I'm loving to do. And if that doesn't happen, if I wind up sitting in a wheelchair, at least I'll have my high heels on.

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I had nothing growing up, but I always wanted to be 'sexy,' even before I knew what the word was.

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

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People get a kick out of my stupidity.

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