I'm a show-off basically... always have been. Dolly Parton More Quotes by Dolly Parton More Quotes From Dolly Parton I always love working with children. I never had children of my own. God has his purposes. God didn't let me have children so everybody's children could be mine. That's kind of how I'm looking at it. Dolly Parton kind purpose children I believe in my cosmetics line. There are plenty of charities for the homeless. Isn't it time someone helped the homely? Dolly Parton charity lines believe Wouldn't it be something if we could have things we love in abudance without their losing that special attraction the want of them held for us. Dolly Parton losing special want Poor little Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan... If those little girls slept with as many men as they say in the tabloids, why their little butts would have more fingerprints than the FBI! I kinda feel sorry for them. We should give those two a break. Dolly Parton girl sorry men I do wear wigs. ... I sometimes make the joke about me standing on a hilltop with my hair blowing in the wind - and me too proud to run after it. Dolly Parton hair running wind I feel that sin and evil are the negative part of you, and I think it's like a battery: you've got to have the negative and the positive in order to be a complete person. Dolly Parton positive order thinking If teardrops were pennies and heartaches were gold, I'd have all the treasures my pockets could hold. Dolly Parton heartache sadness gold Here you come again, looking better than a body has a right to. Dolly Parton body compliment I'm almost like three people. There's me the, Dolly, the person. There's me, the star. And then there's me, the manager. Dolly Parton three stars people I feel fortunate that I've had a lot of songs recorded by other people, because I take my songwriting very seriously. It's only those people that have followed me over the years and really know my work that know how serious I am about all of it - including the way I look. You can't take my high heels from me, you can't have my long fingernails, you can't take all this hair from me, because it's part of this thing that I've become. I wouldn't want to give any of it up. Do I have to be ugly to be a songwriter? This is the way I am, and it's what I choose to be. Dolly Parton music hair song I'll oil wells love you. I'll oil wells care. I'll oil wells need you. I want you oil wells dear. Dolly Parton oil love-you needs You're no Elvis Presley, I'm no Marilyn Monroe, but I do think you're sexy, just thought I'd tell you so. Dolly Parton sexy thinking That traveling man was a two time lover, he took my love, then he took my mother. Dolly Parton family mother men I was always a junk food person, still am. Dolly Parton junk-food junk persons I think every entertainer's had nights when things go wrong. I mean you can't remember everything all the time, and especially if you're having hard times personally, things going on that you - you know, and then people make it worse. And that makes you feel worse. Dolly Parton night mean thinking You can bet there's something fishy going on. I guess some large mouth bass left that lipstick on our shirt. Dolly Parton bass infidelity mouths I never tried quitting, and I never quit trying. Dolly Parton quitting never-quit trying Mama sewed the rags together, sewing every piece with love. She made my coat of many colors that I was proud of. Dolly Parton family color together I have a tendency to be awfully big-hearted and it's very hard for me to say no, even when I need to. Dolly Parton tendencies bigs needs I'm not a politician. And I don't want to be. Dolly Parton politician want