I think it is pretty clear that now is the time to share a story and to share some love, goodnight with Dolly.

Dolly Parton

I make jokes about it, but it's the truth that I kind of patterned my look after the town tramp. I didn't know what she was, just this woman who was blond and piled her hair up, wore high heels and tight skirts, and, boy, she was the prettiest thing I'd ever seen. Momma used to say, "Aw, she's just trash," and I thought, That's what I want to be when I grow up. Trash.

growing-up hair boys

Now Momma's done away with the old black kettle she used to cook in when I was just littleAnd the door ain't sprung on her electric rangeThat little old farm and home we had it ain't there no more and that's too badFolks are doing away with the simple things.

simple home doors

I couldn't have children, I tried to for years. I've never been pregnant in my life. When I was a girl and fooling around I was scared to death I'd get pregnant, and then when I got married and wanted to have children I couldn't have any. But I don't miss it. I did for awhile, but I realize that I am everybody's mother.

girl mother children

My favorite movies of all times is 'Doctor Zhivago,' and I love 'Gone With the Wind.' I'd love to play some Southern belle or something where I owned a plantation.

doctors play wind

I was born with a happy heart, and I try to keep a good attitude. It's not true that I'm happy all the time because nobody is, and we all go through our things.

heart attitude trying

A lot of people have said I'd have probably done better in my career if I hadn't looked so cheap and gaudy. But I dress to be comfortable for me, and you shouldn't be blamed because you want to look pretty.

careers dresses people

That's the great thing about a sense of humor and a sex drive, you can't wait to share it with everybody else.

sense-of-humor waiting sex

I'm just a singer/songwriter and entertainer and I miss people and the energy of the crowd. When I play live it's a lovefest with me and my audience. It's how I get my rocks off.

rocks music play

Plastic surgeons are always making mountains out of molehills. by Dolly Parton

Plastic surgeons are always making mountains out of molehills.

plastic mountain fake-people

Those people who wake up and they're just beautiful, they're just born that way. Well that ain't me. I gotta work for everything I've got.

wake-up beautiful people

I look just like the girls next door... if you happen to live nex... by Dolly Parton

I look just like the girls next door... if you happen to live next door to an amusement park.

girl doors looks

I try to be good at it, whatever part I'm playing - even in my daily life or when the spotlight hits me on the stage to perform - I gotta be alive every second in this world. With or without the applause!

alive trying world

I'm not sixty, I'm "sexty. by Dolly Parton

I'm not sixty, I'm "sexty.

We can't all be stars; we can't all be leaders. We are all God's creatures, living life, and we have that God light in us and we're supposed to let it shine. And not everybody wants to be like me and stick their neck out to get up on stage and perform. There are those like me, but there are also those that are of a shyer nature. And they're smarter than most of us that are out there showing our asses.

live-life stars light

I just try to be true to myself and look the way that I'm comfortable looking. Because if I'm comfortable with me, then you're going to be comfortable with me as well.

trying looks way

My boobs are fake, my hair's fake but what is real is my voice an... by Dolly Parton

My boobs are fake, my hair's fake but what is real is my voice and my heart.

real hair heart

I just don't have time to get old! by Dolly Parton

I just don't have time to get old!

My lips, I've used collagen. I line my lips with collagen. by Dolly Parton

My lips, I've used collagen. I line my lips with collagen.

lips lines used

I've always wanted to be a star. I've always wanted money and wanted to travel. So I knew there was a price to pay for that.

stars wanted pay

It's almost like being trapped in some other form. The real me is so different from the way I look on the outside.

different real looks