Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on the 19th of January, 1946 in Locust Ridge, Tennessee, United States. She is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actress, author, businesswoman, and humanitarian. Her autobiographical single “Coat of Many Colors” reveals the poverty of growing up as the fourth of twelve children on a rundown farm in Locust Ridge, Tennessee.
Dolly Parton is a cultural icon whose powerful voice and songwriting skills have established her presence on both the country and pop music charts for decades. She has received several Grammy Awards and nominations, Emmy Awards, Country Music Association Awards and a lot more.
Dolly Parton was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999. Below, you will find a collection of famous Dolly Parton quotes and sayings.
50 Dolly Parton Quotes About Life, Love & Feminism
“If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.”― Dolly Parton Quote
“Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.”― Dolly Parton Quote
“I always just thought if you see somebody without a smile, give’em yours!” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“I was the first woman to burn my bra – it took the fire department four days to put it out.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“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 Quote
“Love is like a butterfly As soft and gentle as a sigh The multicolored moods of love are like its satin wings Love makes your heart feel strange inside It flutters like soft wings in flight Love is like a butterfly, a rare and gentle thing” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“I know who I am; I know what I can and can’t do. I know what I will and won’t do. I know what I am capable of and I don’t agree to do things that I don’t think I can pull off.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“If you try to follow everyone else and be like everyone else, before you know it you’re gone. You’re not going to find yourself again; you’ll just be a version of what you might have hoped to have been.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“I flapped open the lid of my cardboard guitar case and whipped out my old Martin. Mr. Killen seemed a little taken aback. I think he wasn’t sure whether I was going to play the guitar or brain him with it. He breathed a sigh of relief when I went into a song. Bill hustled his guitar out as fast as he could and joined in. I sang loud and strong with the security that comes with knowing that one way or another, it’ll be over soon.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“Find out who you are and do it on purpose.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“Its hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“Smile — it increases your face value.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“You’ll never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“God is in everything I do and all my work glorifies Him.”― Dolly Parton Quote
“A bird & a fish can fall in love, but where do they make a home?” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“If I can hold God’s attention, I can hold the world’s..” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“That day on the set, after talking to Carl, she came over to me and asked, “What did Carl mean when he said that you’re an angel?” I didn’t know what he had said, but I was naturally dying to hear more. Jane went on, “I was telling him how sweet you are and how easy you are to work with, and he said, ‘Well, she’s an angel.’ I kinda laughed and said, ‘Yeah, she is.’ But he looked me right in the eye and said, ‘No, you don’t get it. She’s a real angel.’”
I was flattered and honored that Carl thought that. It’s just like him to say it to somebody else, figuring I’ll never hear about it.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
I was flattered and honored that Carl thought that. It’s just like him to say it to somebody else, figuring I’ll never hear about it.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“My daddy has a chain five miles long, on each link a heart for a lover he has lost.”― Dolly Parton Quote
“I don’t know what the big deal is about old age. Old people who shine from the inside look 10 to 20 years younger.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“They think I’m simpleminded because I seem to be happy. Why shouldn’t I be happy? I have everything I ever wanted and more. Maybe I am simpleminded. Maybe that’s the key: simple.”― Dolly Parton Quote
“My weaknesses have always been food and men – in that order.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“I’m not going to limit myself just because people won’t accept the fact that I can do something else.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain!” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“It’s a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I’d be a drag queen.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“I’m not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb – and I’m not blonde either.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“If you talk bad about country music, it’s like saying bad things about my momma. Them’s fightin’ words” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“Above everything else I’ve done, I’ve always said I’ve had more guts than I’ve got talent.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“Be the alligator girl. Be whatever your dreams and your luck will let you be. Wear your green cornflakes with pride. Snarl at the crowds, and do your best to make them flinch. Give them a quarter’s worth of wonder.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“People ask me, “Do you ever run out of patience? Are you ever rude to people?” Sometimes I am. I hate when it happens, but it seems like some people just try to get on your nerves. There are times when I feel like saying something like, “Why don’t you get out of my face, you ugly woman. And take those bra*tty kids with you!” But at times like that I usually get all flustered. I get confused and say stupid stuff like, “Kiss my a*ss, that’s what you are. And don’t think I can’t do it!” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“Another thing we loved to do was to catch June bugs and tie them to a string. I’m sure it was more fun for us than the poor weighted-down June bugs, but we had a ball flying what we called our “’lectric kites.” You tried to get a real good fat June bug with a lot of lifting power. Sometimes you could just fantasize about him being able to lift you right off the ground to where you could soar up among the clouds and look down at the trees and the fields. That kind of blissful thought would sometimes come to a sudden halt when your June bug would sacrifice his leg in the name of freedom and buzz off across the pasture. In the blink of an eye you could go from being a kind of daring Smoky Mountain astronaut to being just a kid with a bug leg hanging from a piece of thread. I’d like to take this opportunity to publicly thank all of those five-legged June bugs for those dreams, fleeting though they may have been.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“I would sit up on top of the woodpile playing and singing at the top of my lungs. Sometimes I would take a tobacco stake and stick it in the cracks between the boards on the front porch. A tin can on top of the tobacco stake turned it into a microphone, and the porch became my stage. I used to perform for anybody or anything I could get to watch. The younger kids left in my care would become the unwilling audience for my latest show. A two-year-old’s attention span is not very long. So there I would be in the middle of my act, thinking I was really something, and my audience would start crawling away. I was so desperate to perform that on more than one occasion I sang for the chickens and the pigs and ducks. They didn’t applaud much, but with the aid of a little corn, they could be counted on to hang around for a while.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“Workin’ 9 to 5, what a way to make a livin’ Barely gettin’ by, it’s all takin’ and no givin’ They just use your mind and you never get the credit. It’s enough to drive you crazy if you let it.
9 to 5, yeah they got you where they want you. There’s a better life, and you dream about it, don’t you? It’s a rich man’s game no matter what they call it And you spend your life puttin’ money in his wallet” ― Dolly Parton Quote
9 to 5, yeah they got you where they want you. There’s a better life, and you dream about it, don’t you? It’s a rich man’s game no matter what they call it And you spend your life puttin’ money in his wallet” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“There’s some that constantly put monkeys on your back. It’ their monkey, but somehow you end up carrying it. Often there are people who really care, but they constantly have problems and they want to share it with you and you’re constantly trying to fix things for them. In truth, you’re worried more about their problems than you do your own. Be weary of the monkeys.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“So here I was trying to get married to a man who hadn’t really asked me, with a boss that didn’t want me to and a town that wouldn’t let me do it when I wanted. Yet I knew in my heart it was right.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“I think of country radio like a great lover: you were nice to me, you gave me a lot of cool stuff, and then you dumped my as*s for another woman.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“I make a point to appreciate all the little things in my life. I go out and smell the air after a good, hard rain. I re-read passages from my favorite books. I hold the little treasures that somebody special gave me. These small actions help remind me that there are so many great, glorious pieces of good in the world.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“Sometimes my mouth is a little too big and a little too open and sounds too much like a sailor.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“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 Quote
“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“A minute to Dolly’s like a lifetime to everybody else.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“Me and God have a great relationship, but we’re both seeing other people.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“The doc swore she came out screamin’ in the key of E.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“Get down off ‘at cross; Somebody needs the wood!” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“They got me busier than a one-legged man in a bu*tt-kicking contest.”― Dolly Parton Quote
“I would never stoop so low as to be fashionable.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“the magic is inside you. there ain’t no crystal ball” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“When someone shows you their true colors, believe them.” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“It takes a lot of time and money to look this cheap, honey,” ― Dolly Parton Quote
“Storms make trees take deeper roots.” ― Dolly Parton Quote