Dolly Parton

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.

I look at myself like a show dog. I've got to keep her clipped and trimmed and in good shape.

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.

Oh, I can spot a phoney a mile away.

I still close my eyes and go home - I can always draw from that.

I have a tendency to be awfully big-hearted and it's very hard for me to say no, even when I need to.

I modelled my looks on the town tramp.

People make jokes about my bosoms, why don't they look underneath the breasts at the heart? It's obvious I've got big ones and if people want to assume they're not mine, then let them.

If I see something sagging, dragging and bagging, I’ll get it nip, tucked, sucked or plucked.

Stop this attitude that older people ain't any good anymore! We're as good as we ever were - if we ever were any good.

The only way I'd be caught without makeup is if my radio fell in the bathtub while I was taking a bath and electrocuted me and I was in between makeup at home. I hope my husband would slap a little lipstick on me before he took me to the morgue.

It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.

I have a big gay and lesbian following and they've been very loyal and kind to me.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

My weaknesses have always been food and men - in that order.

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.

I was the first woman to burn my bra - it took the fire department four days to put it out.

Johnny Cash has only passed into the greater light. He will only become more important in this industry as time goes by.

I believe in my cosmetics line. There are plenty of charities for the homeless. Isn't it time someone helped the homely?

I hope people realise that there is a brain underneath the hair and a heart underneath the boobs.

I do have big tits. Always had 'em - pushed 'em up, whacked 'em around. Why not make fun of 'em? I've made a fortune with 'em.