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
I usually get up at 3 A.M. I don’t require a lot of sleep, and if I get tired, I’ll take a powernap during the day. – Dolly Parton
You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can’t put a dollar sign on. – Dolly Parton
When I started the Imagination Library in my hometown, I never dreamed that one day we would be helping Scottish kids. – Dolly Parton
George Jones was my all-time favorite singer and one of my favorite people in the world. – Dolly Parton
I’m old enough and cranky enough now that if someone tried to tell me what to do, I’d tell them where to put it. – Dolly Parton
I’ve used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool… but that’s just natural. – Dolly Parton
I’ve never been pregnant, so I just feel God didn’t mean for me to have kids so that everybody else’s children could be mine. – Dolly Parton
Sometimes if you jump into something too quickly, you can screw up something that might have been good two years down the road. – Dolly Parton
I look at myself like a show dog. I’ve got to keep her clipped and trimmed and in good shape. – Dolly Parton
I hated school. Even to this day, when I see a school bus it’s just depressing to me. The poor little kids. – Dolly Parton
I do write a lot of children’s songs, and I’m going to do a children’s television show, which also means I’ll be doing a lot of albums. So I do hope my future will hold a lot of things for children. – Dolly Parton
I think country music is popular – has been popular and will always be popular because I think a lot of real people singing about a lot of real stuff about real people. And it’s simple enough for people to understand it. And we kind of roll with the punches. – Dolly Parton
If you’re gonna be mean, talk to the booty, cuz the hand’s off duty! – Dolly Parton Aunt Dolly in Hannah Montana.
You are sproutin like a rosebush after a month of rain, only not as wet and twice as pretty! – Dolly Parton Aunt Dolly in Hannah Montana.