Dolly Parton

Living in America and, of course, just being women in general, we've got more strength than we think we do.

God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons.

A lot of dreams can turn to nightmares... if you don't really work them.

My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved.

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.

I just kind of wake up with a new idea and new dreams every day, and I follow that dream, as they say.

Kitty Wells was the first and only Queen of Country Music, no matter what they call the rest of us. She was a great inspiration to me as well as every other female singer in the country music business. In addition to being a wonderful asset to country music, she was a wonderful woman.

I still have my first paycheck. It was just, I think, a dollar or two that I got when I started as a songwriter with BMI, and I had some songs there that I had through the company, and in the mail I got this big old check for, like, a dollar and a half or something. Somebody had recorded one of my songs.

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

I do believe that any successful business starts from the top and works its way down.

I was approached about having my own network many, many years ago. There were some people who wanted to start up a network, and I didn't want to get that involved in the business aspect of it.

I think your values are always influenced by your family and your community.