Sometimes I start with
Sometimes I start with a great title or idea, sometimes a great melody will run through my mind; but the higher percentage of the time, the words and music pretty much come at the same time. Dolly Parton
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Sometimes I start with a great title or idea, sometimes a great melody will run through my mind; but the higher percentage of the time, the words and music pretty much come at the same time. Dolly Parton
I got kind of scared when I thought they wanted me to do something… I didn’t want to be naked on the front of a magazine unless everybody would know it was a joke. I wouldn’t want to be naked even then. Dolly Parton
I’m very open with my business partners, just like I am with my husband. Dolly Parton
I love the energy of children. It makes me feel young. I’m just drawn to them. They’re like magic to me. And they’re drawn to me, the childlike part of me that never did grow up. Dolly Parton
I stay close to my roots and my family. I never want to forget any part of it. I’m still just a hillbilly at heart, thus a Backwoods Barbie. Dolly Parton
Sometimes a song just has to cater to whatever’s goin’ on. A well-written song is a song that stays true to the subject. Dolly Parton
There are some people who physically are not beautiful. But the way they are, the way they treat people, they become beautiful, and you forget all about [their looks]. Dolly Parton
I never could get my hair to do what I wanted it to do, so I started wearing the wigs. It all came from a very serious place. I wanted to look a certain way. Dolly Parton
Even now, if I am thinking about spending a lot of money on clothing or furniture, I think ‘I can’t spend so much money on one thing; my poor old Daddy could have raised his family five years on that!’ Dolly Parton
I prefer my music. I’m more of a one-nighter kind of person than to do a squat-down job for three months or whatever. Dolly Parton