I figure if I keep my health, I have no intention of retiring. I love to work. I want to be like Bob Hope. Dolly Parton More Quotes by Dolly Parton More Quotes From Dolly Parton I know my hair is out of the '60's, my clothes are '50's and the shoes I wear are from the '40's. But I like looking like I came out of a fairy tale. Dolly Parton shoeshairart Life is a song to me. Dolly Parton life-issong I don't listen to music for fun. I ain't got enough time for fun! I'm always busy writing my own music. I don't try to compete or see what other people are doing. Dolly Parton writingfunpeople They say somebody's 'street smart.' I feel like, if I got intelligence, it's just a country smart. Dolly Parton streetssmartcountry I have had some cosmetic surgery, especially after I lost weight and stuff, and I've had my breasts lifted - but not injected. That would scare me to death, anyway. Dolly Parton cosmeticsscareweight I like to buy clothes that are two sizes too small and then take them in a little. Dolly Parton clotheslittlestwo I'm short and I have a big appetite. I can't do nothing just a little. It's the same with anything I do. It's very hard for me to love a little, have sex a little, to eat a little. I like to do everything, and I like to do it all the way that I want to do it. Dolly Parton wantlittlessex I never, ever get involved in politics. With politics you are not allowed to be honest. I don't have time to deal with that. I would rather work with kids. Dolly Parton honestykidschildren I enjoy the way I look, but it's a joke. Dolly Parton bodylooksway I never have thought I was beautiful and I never can get beautiful enough. I'm always doing whatever I can to look as good as I can, nipping and tucking if necessary. When you're older, you probably look more bizarre to people. But I don't care. I'm just totally convinced that it's more important that I be happy with me. Dolly Parton importantbeautifulpeople A lot of people think I'm a comedian. Dolly Parton comedianpeoplethinking I know when something ain't right, and I know exactly what I will or won't tolerate. Dolly Parton tolerateknows One of the things I'm real proud of is I just made a deal with 20th Century Fox, and I've got my own production company now. I'm developing some television and movies for other people because I have a lot of fresh new ideas. To write is what I love the most. Dolly Parton realwritingideas I'm working on my life story. I'm not decided if it's going to be a musical or a movie with music in it. Dolly Parton life-storymusicalstories I'll just wait right here for you cause I know your new love won't last. I wound easy, but I heal fast. Dolly Parton low-self-esteemlastswaiting My biggest extravagances are also investments. I have several houses in California, a house in Nashville, an office complex, and I bought the old home place in Tennessee. They are different places for me to write, but I can turn right around and sell them. Dolly Parton nashvillehomewriting I've never let a rhinestone go unturned Dolly Parton I just kind of wake up with a new idea and new dreams every day, and I follow that dream, as they say. Dolly Parton wake-updreamideas It seems like the more I give the more I get, and that is the way it is supposed to go in life. Dolly Parton seemsgivingway I've never had a divorce, but I've seen so many of my friends, my sister, my family go through that stuff, so I try to write for the people that can't write about it. I take on their sorrow, so I'm able to kind of express it, or their joy. Dolly Parton divorcewritingpeople
