Dolly Parton

My mama never wore a pair of pants when I was growing up, and now that's all she wears. It was so funny for me when I first started seeing Mama wear pants. It was like it wasn't Mama. Now I've bought her many a pantsuit because she just lives in them. ”

I had nothing growing up, but I always wanted to be 'sexy,' even before I knew what the word was. ”

My philosophy is simple: It's a down-home, common, horse-sense approach to things. ”

They say somebody's 'street smart.' I feel like, if I got intelligence, it's just a country smart. ”

A lot of people have said I'd have probably done better in my career if I hadn't looked so cheap and gaudy. But I dress to be comfortable for me, and you shouldn't be blamed because you want to look pretty. ”

I've enjoyed all the parts of my career. ”

If I'd married someone in show business, there'd be too much competition. ”

My biggest extravagances are also investments. I have several houses in California, a house in Nashville, an office complex, and I bought the old home place in Tennessee. They are different places for me to write, but I can turn right around and sell them. ”

I've been to those places where it's 'poor, pitiful me.' ”

I've never had that much trouble with the paparazzi, but I don't run the same circles that a lot of these people that do get hounded by the paparazzi. ”