Don't get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life. Dolly Parton More Quotes by Dolly Parton More Quotes From Dolly Parton I had to get rich so I could afford to sing like I was poor again. Dolly Parton povertymusicmoney My music is so mine, it's hard to turn it over to someone else. I have to be really involved in the production. It's like someone else taking care of your kids - if they don't treat them well, you're going to be pissed off. I'm actually co-producing [Backwoods] with my guitar player of 20 years, Kent Wells. We make a good combination... I think we're going to have a real good record. Dolly Parton musicrealkids I figure if I keep my health, I have no intention of retiring. I love to work. I want to be like Bob Hope. I want to keep on going out and doing what I love to do. Of course, I'm no Bob Hope, but I mean that feeling that you never are old and have things to offer and can be useful to somebody. I always want to be useful, I have no intentions of retiring unless I should get sick or something should happen to my husband. Other than that I'm going to work until I fall over. Dolly Parton husbandworkfall They let you dream just to watch them shatter, you're just a step on the boss man's ladder. Dolly Parton dreamworkmen Daddy worked for God, but asked for no pay. For he believed that God provides a way. Dolly Parton daddyworkpay The freewill you have given, we have made a mockery of. Dolly Parton givenmadephilosophy You'll pay the highest price on back roads and in back seats and in a cheap highway motel. But what's a few more strangers in a life of nothing else. Dolly Parton strangerpaysex If we all climb together, we could climb the highest hill. Dolly Parton densehillstogether Is forever longer than always? Dolly Parton unanswered-questionsforever We give scholarships to high school kids and a new library of books to every preschool child in the county where I was born. I didn't have books at home so I did all my reading at school. I love books and I believe that helping kids to read gives them a great start in life. Dolly Parton believebookchildren You are the song of every bird, you are the poet's every word, every artist's picture, every writer's play. Dolly Parton artistplaysong Islands in the streams, that is what we are. Dolly Parton misinterpretationstreamsislands I've always been a freak and different, oddball even in my childhood and my own family, so I can relate to people who are struggling and trying to find their true identity. I do not sit in the seat of judgment. .. I love people for who they are. We're all God's children. Dolly Parton true-identitystrugglechildren It's when you treat people like freaks that you become one yourself. Dolly Parton treatsfreakpeople I'm just a simple country girl. Dolly Parton country-girlgirlcountry I have a big gay and lesbian following and they've been very loyal and kind to me. Dolly Parton loyalgaykind I've been very fortunate. Dolly Parton fortunate My husband and I had to raise five of my younger brothers and sisters. They lived with us. We sent them to school. Dolly Parton husbandbrotherschool I've been around longer than most of my fans have been alive. Dolly Parton has-beensalivefans I've enjoyed all the parts of my career. Dolly Parton enjoyedcareers
