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Dolly Parton
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: January 19
Actor
Autobiographer
Banjoist
Businessperson
Composer
Country Musician
Country Singer
Film Actor
Film Producer
Guitarist
Pittman Center
Tennessee
Dolly Rebecca Parton
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I've always loved the fans in Scotland and have a little Scottish blood of my own.
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I may look fake but I'm real where it counts.
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Some people say that less is more. But I think more is more.
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I write anywhere. I'm always banging around on the dashboard. Whatever I'm doing. I can make music out of anything. Whenever a song hits me, I'll pick some sort of melody or rhythm out on it, and kind of enhance the song.
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All my momma's people were very musical. My grandpa, who was the Pentecostal minister, he was a great musician. He played the fiddle, he played the piano.
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I just write all the time. In my whole life I've never had what I've heard people talk about writer's block. I've never had that. Life is like a song to me. I just hear everything in music, so I have never once thought Well, I'm never gonna be able to write again. I've got thousands of songs.
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I think being poor has been good for me. I saw how my mom and dad struggled, and how they could stretch a dollar farther than you could begin to imagine.
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There's been a lot of talk about Jack White wanting to work with me, and I've always admired him, and of course, he lives in Nashville, too.
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I have a tendency to be awfully big-hearted and it's very hard for me to say no, even when I need to.
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Some of my dreams are so big they would scare you.
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I count my blessings far more than I count my money.
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Smile, it enhances your face value.
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I'm in showbiz. I look at my boobs like they're show horses or show dogs. You've got to keep them groomed.
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I met my husband before I became a star, and he doesn't care about any of it.
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Working nine to five, what way to earn a living. Barely getting by... It's all taking and no giving. They use just your mind and they never give you credit. It's enough to drive you crazy if you let it!
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All the fame and fortune, glory and prestige, can't make me happy if it goes against what I believe.
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I do think there's gonna always be a group of country people that are always going to love the old traditional sound.
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My songs are like my children - I expect them to support me when I'm old.
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I feel that sin and evil are the negative part of you, and I think it's like a battery: you've got to have the negative and the positive in order to be a complete person.
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Our own freewill, to choose the paths we take, no greater deed could ever be done than for another's sake.
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