I do have a few little tattoos, but they were mostly done to cover scars because I'm so fair. Dolly Parton More Quotes by Dolly Parton More Quotes From Dolly Parton My nails are my rhythm section when I'm writing a song all alone. Some day, I may cut an album, just me and my nails. Dolly Parton cuttingwritingsong I'm very short, so I just have to watch my weight because I have a big appetite. Dolly Parton bigsweightwatches When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next. Dolly Parton nextinspirationwaiting I wake up with new dreams every day. So the more I can do to channel that into things that I love to create is healthier for me and probably for everybody around me. And the older I get, the earlier I get up. The second my feet hit the floor, I'm awake. I'm like hurry, hurry. I just love life. And I feel like we ain't got but a certain amount of time anyway. I want to make the most of all of it. Dolly Parton love-lifefeetdream I have little feet because nothing grows in the shade. Dolly Parton shadefeetlittles When I do listen to music, I'm more prone to listen to the people I've always listened to: George Jones, Otis Redding, Alison Krauss and Emmylou Harris. Dolly Parton george-joneslistening-to-musicpeople Sometimes when I'm under pressure, if I think somebody is expecting stuff from me, I'll do better than if I was just left on my own. I can sit down - I'm a skilled writer, I've been doing it all my life - and I can get down to it. Dolly Parton pressurestuffthinking 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. Dolly Parton giving-upattitudelong I was born in an odd spot and was a very sensitive kid. My feelings could get hurt so easily because I always wanted to be loved, I wanted to be touched, I wanted to touch somebody. I wanted everybody to love me, so I think I was louder than I should have been. I was just trying to get attention. I always felt like I was somebody special, maybe it's because I needed to be somebody special. Dolly Parton hurtkidsthinking A great smile is a wonderful asset, but a good heart is pure gold. Dolly Parton goldheartwonderful No matter how beautiful a woman might be, you're always threatened by certain... You're always threatened by Dolly Parton mattermightbeautiful Sometimes, you see folks who have a negative view of dreamers - people who sit around all day on their hindquarters and do absolutely nothing. These folks aren't dreamers - they are just lazy. To me, dreaming is just part of being alive, inspired, and curious about the world. Dolly Parton viewsdreampeople Love is something sent from Heaven to worry the Hell out of you. Dolly Parton worrylovefunny My philosophy is simple: It's a down-home, common, horse-sense approach to things. Dolly Parton horsehomephilosophy If I had to give up performing, it wouldn't bother me too much. But I couldn't live without my writing. I put all my feelings, my very soul, into my writing. I tell the world in my songs things I wouldn't even tell my husband. Dolly Parton giving-uphusbandsong I'll never harden my heart but I've toughened the muscles around it. Dolly Parton musclesmy-heartheart It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen. Dolly Parton fashionqueensgirl It was never a marketing tool. People say that, but I dress this way for the same reasons I did when I first started doing it. It still comes from a serious place inside of me. I get up in the morning, and I think I just look better a certain way I do my makeup. I want to shine, I want to glitter. I'm not getting up thinking, "Oh, this'll get 'em." And I'm not doing it to make a statement. I'm just doing it to look like Dolly - the Dolly that I know and the Dolly that you know. Dolly Parton makeupmorningthinking My husband said 'show me your boobs' and I had to pull up my skirt... so it was time to get them done! Dolly Parton pull-upshusbanddone 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. Dolly Parton fitnessfunnybook
