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When I do listen to music, I'm more prone to listen to the people I've always listened to: George Jones, Otis Redding, Alison Krauss and Emmylou Harris.

Dolly Parton

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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 couldn't have children, I tried to for years. I've never been pregnant in my life. When I was a girl and fooling around I was scared to death I'd get pregnant, and then when I got married and wanted to have children I couldn't have any. But I don't miss it. I did for awhile, but I realize that I am everybody's mother.
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I write a little something every day, even though I don't write a song [every day]. Everything inspires me. I'll come up with a line, or somebody will say something that will trigger something.
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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 am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one running out of the closet.
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After you reach a certain age, they think you’re over. Well, I will never be over. I’ll be making records if I have to sell them out of the trunk of my car. I’ve done that in my past, and I’d do it again.
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Most country songs, certainly all the stuff I've written, are stories driven by characters.
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I'm no natural beauty. If I'm gonna have any looks at all, I'm gonna have to create them.
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Being a star just means that you just find your own special place and that you shine where you are. To me that's what being a star means.
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That's the great thing about a sense of humor and a sex drive, you can't wait to share it with everybody else.
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We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
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I always love working with children. I never had children of my own. God has his purposes. God didn't let me have children so everybody's children could be mine. That's kind of how I'm looking at it.
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I love the accomplishments and the awards that I've received through the years. But I've always worked more for the rewards than the awards. I've always counted my blessings before I've counted my money. I'm glad that new dreams come to me everyday.
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You're not going to see your dreams come true if you don't put wings, legs, arms, hands, and feet on 'em.
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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.
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Depression runs in my family on both sides, and I have to be wary.
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I'm not intimidated by how people perceive me.
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