Dolly Parton

I'm pretty sure in my older years, I'll be doing old-time flavored folk-mountain music. ”

I don't have time to stand around and listen to an 11-minute song. ”

No matter how beautiful a woman might be, you're always threatened by certain... You're always threatened by other women, period. ”

I often joke that 100 years from now I hope people are saying, 'Dang, she looks good for her age!' ”

George Jones was my all-time favorite singer and one of my favorite people in the world. ”

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. ”

I just don't have time to get old! ”

I'm not happy all the time, and I wouldn't want to be because that would make me a shallow person. But I do try to find the good in everybody. ”

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 think there is a little magic in the fact that I'm so totally real but look so artificial at the same time. ”