In the words of Dolly Parton:
It's almost like being trapped in some other form. The real me is so different from the way I look on the outside.
Any business you go into, you have to think about how much money you are willing to put into it, and how much you are not.
I'll just wait right here for you cause I know your new love won't last. I wound easy, but I heal fast.
Sometimes my mouth is a little too big and a little too open and sounds too much like a sailor.
The worst thing about poverty is not the actual living of it, but the shame of it.
People always ask me how long it takes to do my hair. I don’t know, I’m never there.
I prefer my music. I'm more of a one-nighter kind of person than to do a squat-down job for three months or whatever.
I just love life. I love people. I love to write, that's my gift. I love to sing. I have a good attitude. I like to think I shine from the inside.
I was not a natural beauty, and I always wanted to be pretty. I just have such an outgoing personality that it's fitting that I would be overdone.
You can do anything you want to do as long as you keep a good attitude and keep working at it. But the second you give up, you’re screwed.
If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.
Got those moods a swinging, tears a slinging, nothing fits me, when it hits me, ranting, raving, misbehaving, PMS blues.
I like to buy clothes that are two sizes too small and then take them in a little.
When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.
I tried every diet in the book. I tried some that weren't in the book. I tried eating the book. It tasted better than most of the diets.
If you're feeling low, don't despair. The sun has a sinking spell every night, but it comes back up every morning.
I think gay couples should be allowed to marry. They should suffer just like us heterosexuals.
A great smile is a wonderful asset, but a good heart is pure gold.
I know the struggles of poor people, and have always kept that with me.
I love to make things happen, I love to see things happen, I love to be a part of things that are happening.
I remain totally convinced that if we can do one more simple thing to help kids and adults to learn more, it is to inspire them to read more.
It seems like the more I give the more I get, and that is the way it is supposed to go in life.
I have to not harden my heart, because I want to stay open to feel things.
I don't know what the big deal is about old age. Old people who shine from the inside look 10 to 20 years younger.
I still believe in Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and true love. Don't even try to tell me different.
I don't trust anyone who does their own hair. I don't think it's natural.
I hope people realise that there is a brain underneath the hair and a heart underneath the boobs.
I'm so thankful I can write songs. I can capture all those memories in my songs and keep those memories alive.
After Momma gave birth to twelve of us kids, we put her up on a pedestal. It was mostly to keep Daddy away from her.
I stay close to my roots and my family. I never want to forget any part of it. I'm still just a hillbilly at heart, thus a Backwoods Barbie.
I've always believed in my talent. And I've always had more guts than talent.
If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.
What people do behind closed doors is certainly not my concern unless I'm there with them.
I don't judge. I'm not God. We're supposed to be less judgmental and accept and be kind and love one another.
A positive attitude and a sense of humor go together like biscuits and gravy.
When I have sex with my husband, I fantasize I am with a petite, hot young woman.
Being a star just means that you just find your own special place and that you shine where you are. To me that's what being a star means.
My boobs are fake, my hair's fake but what is real is my voice and my heart.
George Jones was my all time favorite singer and one of my favorite people in the world.
If I see something sagging, dragging and bagging, I’ll get it nip, tucked, sucked or plucked.
Jump out of bed and I stumble to the kitchen, pour myself a cup of ambition and yawn and stretch and try to come alive.
Time marches on and sooner or later you realize it is marching across your face.
When I'm feeling a little low, I put on my favorite high heels to stand a little taller.
You're no Elvis Presley, I'm no Marilyn Monroe, but I do think you're sexy, just thought I'd tell you so.
I often get myself in love trouble because I'm so passionate; I love so much and so deep.
Well, my smile's pretty hard to miss, considering I'm a gal who likes her lipstick-the redder the better.
Those people who wake up and they're just beautiful, they're just born that way. Well that ain't me. I gotta work for everything I've got.
My aunt in Knoxville would bring newspapers up, which we used for toilet paper. Before we used it, we'd look at the pictures.
If teardrops were pennies and heartaches were gold, I'd have all the treasures my pockets could hold.
I hope to die right in the middle of a song and right on the stage doing what I love to do. I hope to be about 120 when that happens.
When I sit back in my rocking chair someday, I want to be able to say I've done it all.
I know when something ain't right, and I know exactly what I will or won't tolerate.
Kenneth Hari is a true artist and in my opinion a psychic. When he is painting you, he feels your heart and soul.
I love bald men. Just because you've lost your fuzz don't mean you ain't a peach.
You can bet there's something fishy going on. I guess some large mouth bass left that lipstick on our shirt.
That's the great thing about a sense of humor and a sex drive, you can't wait to share it with everybody else.
I'm no angel if that's what you thought you found. I was just the victim of a man that let me down.
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