Dolly Parton Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Dolly Parton quotes, Dolly Parton sayings, and Dolly Parton proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Storms make trees take deeper roots. Dolly Parton
Two doors down they're laughing and drinking and having a party / And two doors down they're not aware that I'm around / But here I am crying my heart out, feeling sorry / But they're having a party just two doors down. Dolly Parton
I'm not offended by all the dumb-blonde jokes because I know that I'm not dumb. I also know I'm not blonde. Dolly Parton
I hope people realize that there is a brain underneath the hair and a heart underneath the boobs. Dolly Parton
My husband calls me 'catfish.' He says I'm all mouth and no brains. Dolly Parton
I hope people realize that there is a brain underneath the hair and a heart underneath the boobs. Dolly Parton
There's nothing quite as sad as a one-sided love. When one doesn't care at all and the other cares too much. Dolly Parton
Many years you have lingered around my cabin door / Oh hard times come again no more Dolly Parton
Oh, hush a bye hard times go ye to rest / Cause my ragged baby wants a new ruffled dress Dolly Parton
Its hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world. Dolly Parton
And she's a sparrow when she's broken / But she's an eagle when she flies Dolly Parton
Oh, I've been like a captured eagle, you know an eagle's born to fly / Now that I have won my freedom, like an eagle I am eager for the sky Dolly Parton
When it's family, you forgive them / For they know not what they do / When it's family, you accept them / 'Cause you have no choice but to Dolly Parton
And when it's family, you trust them / And your heart's an open door / When it's family, you tolerate / What you'd kill others for Dolly Parton
You take the trouble as it comes / And love 'em more than anyone / Good or bad or indifferent / It's still family Dolly Parton
Somehow you justify mistakes / Try to find some better way / To solve the problems day to day / In the family Dolly Parton
The only way I’d be caught without makeup is if my radio fell in the bathtub while I was taking a bath and electrocuted me and I was in between makeup at home. I hope my husband would slap a little lipstick on me before he took me to the morgue. Dolly Parton
I love Indian, Italian and Mexican food. And if it's a romantic type of thing, I like a good French restaurant. Dolly Parton
Until I was a teenager, I used red pokeberries for lipstick and a burnt matchstick for eyeliner. I used honeysuckle for perfume. Dolly Parton
People always ask me how long it takes to do my hair. I don't know, I'm never there. Dolly Parton
I think your values are always influenced by your family and your community. Dolly Parton
A brave little soldier / I'm a brave little soldier / I must fight, I must win / I'm a brave little soldier / Through hell and back again / I'm a brave little soldier. Dolly Parton
I think country music is popular - has been popular and will always be popular because I think a lot of real people singing about a lot of real stuff about real people. And it's simple enough for people to understand it. And we kind of roll with the punches. Dolly Parton
If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fighting words. Dolly Parton
I'm pretty sure in my older years, I'll be doing old-time flavored folk-mountain music. Dolly Parton
Kitty Wells was the first and only Queen of Country Music, no matter what they call the rest of us. She was a great inspiration to me as well as every other female singer in the country music business. Dolly Parton
Most country songs, certainly all the stuff I've written, are stories driven by characters. Dolly Parton
If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader. Dolly Parton
If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one. Dolly Parton
Love is something sent from heaven to worry the hell out of you. Dolly Parton