Dolly Parton

They think I__ simpleminded because I seem to be happy. Why shouldn__ I be happy? I have everything I ever wanted and more. Maybe I am simpleminded. Maybe that__ the key: simple.

I was the first woman to burn my bra - it took the fire department four days to put it out.

If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words

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.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain!

I still close my eyes and go home - I can always draw from that.

I love traveling all over the world but it's true: there's nothing like home.

God and I have a great relationship, but we both see other people.

I love Indian, Italian and Mexican food. And if it's a romantic type of thing, I like a good French restaurant.

I'm gonna be making records anyway, even if I had to sell 'em out of the trunk of my car. I'm that kind of musician and singer.

Nobody can ever make enough money for as many poor relatives as I've got. Somebody's got a sick kid, or somebody needs an operation, somebody ain't got this, somebody ain't got that. Or to give the kids all a car when they graduate.

I'm trying my best to keep up with all this new technology, and I surround myself with all these wonderful people that are in the know and kind of help me out with all that.

I wanted to write a book that talked about the emotions of children, which is the rainbow. We all have moods. We talk about being blue when we're sad, and being yellow when we're cowards, and when we're mad, we're red.

When I started the Imagination Library in my hometown, I never dreamed that one day we would be helping Scottish kids.

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

I'm no natural beauty. If I'm gonna have any looks at all, I'm gonna have to create them.