Dolly Parton

I always thought that if I made it big or got successful at what I had started out to do, that I wanted to come back to my part of the country and do something great, something that would bring a lot of jobs into this area. ”

I'm an energy vampire. I just suck off everybody's energy. But I give it back. ”

People like bluegrass. It's had a following amongst a lot of hip and young people. A lot of college kids like bluegrass. ”

After momma gave birth to 12 of us kids, we put her up on a pedestal. It was mostly to keep Daddy away from her. ”

I hated school. Even to this day, when I see a school bus it's just depressing to me. The poor little kids. ”

I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else. ”

I've tried different things through the years to get some play on mainstream. I'll try to tailor-make it. ”

Nobody can ever make enough money for as many poor relatives as I've got. Somebody's got a sick kid, or somebody needs an operation, somebody ain't got this, somebody ain't got that. Or to give the kids all a car when they graduate. ”

My fat never made me less money. ”

A gypsy told me I was going to do great things. I was going to make all kinds of money. ”