Dolly Parton

I wanted to write a book that talked about the emotions of children, which is the rainbow. We all have moods. We talk about being blue when we're sad, and being yellow when we're cowards, and when we're mad, we're red.

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

I don't think I'm supposed to boss other people around just because I'm a so-called celebrity or star. I hate that when people act that way. No one deserves it. I've seen it happen. I don't call those people out - they know who they are. Some enjoy that reputation.

I'm not intimidated by how people perceive me.

I can't keep somebody from being a star, and I can't make somebody a star, and nobody can.

I'm a singer, a writer and an actress - when I find something that I feel good enough about doing.

Until I was a teenager, I used red pokeberries for lipstick and a burnt matchstick for eyeliner. I used honeysuckle for perfume.

All my momma's people were very musical. My grandpa, who was the Pentecostal minister, he was a great musician. He played the fiddle, he played the piano.

When I was a little girl, I always dreamed of being a star. I didn't really know what all that meant. I didn't know.

It's not easy being young. It's hard to know what to do.

You don't see too many atheists on the deathbed. They all start cramming then.

I've... been accused of being involved with every man I'm ever seen with or worked with. Maybe I have, maybe I ain't. I never tell if I have.