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.
Dolly Parton
My first job was singing on the Cas Walker radio show in Knoxville, Tennessee. I was about 10 years old, and I thought it was big time.
I just don't have time to get old!
I was born with a happy heart, and I try to keep a good attitude. It's not true that I'm happy all the time because nobody is, and we all go... →
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... →
I don't have time to stand around and listen to an 11-minute song.
I think there is a little magic in the fact that I'm so totally real but look so artificial at the same time.
You know, I look like a woman but I think like a man. And in this world of business, that has helped me a lot. Because by the time they think that I... →
I wear wigs all the time on shows, and every day when I'm in public, at Dollywood. People say, 'How many wigs do you have?' And I say... →
Every time I come to Europe, I'm just as excited as I was my very first time, which was many, many years ago. I love that part of the world, and... →