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" I still have my first paycheck. It was just, I think, a dollar or two that I got when I started as a songwriter with BMI, and I had some songs there that I had through the company, and in the mail I got this big old check for, like, a dollar and a half or something. Somebody had recorded one of my songs. "

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" I write for myself things that I've gone through. "

" For some reason, I have better luck when I work with women. I guess I have a good sense of sisterhood. "

" I'm no natural beauty. If I'm gonna have any looks at all, I'm gonna have to create them. "

" The secret to a long marriage is to stay gone. "

" I have surrounded myself with very smart people. "

" I'll bring my grits when I travel, because I get so hungry on the road. "

" When I was with Andy Warhol, I thought, 'God, his wig looks cheaper than mine!' "

" I try to see the good in everybody, and I don't care who people are as long as they're themselves, whatever that is. "

" I can be accused of trying to be commercial sometimes. "

" 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. "

" My husband calls me 'catfish.' He says I'm all mouth and no brains. "

Dolly Parton

Mouth

Catfish

" Depression runs in my family on both sides, and I have to be wary. "

" I'm trying my best to keep up with all this new technology, and I surround myself with all these wonderful people that are in the know and kind of help me out with all that. "

" I love to flirt, and I've never met a man I didn't like. "

" Stop this attitude that older people ain't any good anymore! We're as good as we ever were - if we ever were any good. "

" We just seem to have lost all our morals and principles and values these days. "

" You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on. "

" That little Miley Cyrus... she's like a little Elvis. The kids love her because she's Hannah Montana, but what people don't realize about her is she is such a fantastic singer and songwriter. She writes songs like she's 40 years old! "

" A lot of people don't realise I came out of the Smoky Mountains with a load of songs. "

" I don't have time to stand around and listen to an 11-minute song. "

" Someone once asked me, 'How long does it take to do your hair.' I said, 'I don't know, I'm never there.' "

" Songwriting is my way of channeling my feelings and my thoughts. Not just mine, but the things I see, the people I care about. My head would explode if I didn't get some of that stuff out. "

" I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else. "

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People

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" I used to sing songs and write with my uncle, Bill Owens. "

" There are certainly a lot of things that still need to change when it comes to women in the workforce. "

" A lot of people think I'm a comedian. "

" I'm an energy vampire. I just suck off everybody's energy. But I give it back. "

" 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 through our things. "