Dolly Parton

A gypsy told me I was going to do great things. I was going to make all kinds of money.

I've struggled enough in my life to be appreciated and understood. I've had to go against all kinds of people through the years just to be myself. I think everybody should be allowed to be who they are, and to love who they love. I don't think we should be judgmental. Lord, I've got enough problems of my own to pass judgment on somebody else.

Dream more, learn more, care more, and be more.

I try to see the good in everybody, and I don't care who people are as long as they're themselves, whatever that is.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next. Find out who you are and do it on purpose.

I don't like to give advice. I like to give people information because everyone's life is different, and everyone's journey is different.

You're not going to see your dreams come true if you don't put _x000D_ wings, legs, arms, hands, and feet on 'em.

Mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of Whitney Houston. I will always be grateful and in awe of the wonderful performance she did on my song and I can truly say from the bottom of my heart, 'Whitney, I will always love you. You will be missed.'

I've enjoyed all the parts of my career.

I want to be like one of those little fainting goats that get scared and then just fall over. I want to go and go and then drop dead in the middle of something I'm loving to do. And if that doesn't happen, if I wind up sitting in a wheelchair, at least I'll have my high heels on.

I am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one running out of the closet.

Its hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world.

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

People don't realize that we, we meaning people in show business, have the same problems as everyone else. Money doesn't change that. Fame doesn't change that. Sometimes that brings on more problems. You know, it's just a different kind of problems.

Above everything else I've done, I've always said I've had more guts than I've got talent.

People are looking for something a little more stable; people are feeling like they need to get closer to God.

Sometimes if you jump into something too quickly, you can screw up something that might have been good two years down the road.

I thank God for my failures. Maybe not at the time but after some reflection. I never feel like a failure just because something I tried has failed.

Every seven years, I sit down and make a whole new plan.

I am confident that partnering my Dollywood Company with a great company like Gaylord will create something truly special.

You gotta keep trying to find your niche and trying to fit into whatever slot that's left for you or to make one of your own.