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" I've always kinda been a little outcast myself, a little oddball, doin' my thing, my own way. And it's been hard for me to, to be accepted, certainly in the early years of my life. "

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" Every time I come to Europe, I'm just as excited as I was my very first time, which was many, many years ago. I love that part of the world, and I especially love the fans. "

Dolly Parton

Love

First Time

World

" It took me years to eat a lot of shellfish. I was probably 20 years old before I had even seen a shrimp cocktail. I like oysters, but fried. "

" All of my brothers and sisters are very talented. They all sang all right. "

" There's nothing like white trash at the White House. "

" You gotta keep trying to find your niche and trying to fit into whatever slot that's left for you or to make one of your own. "

" Living in America and, of course, just being women in general, we've got more strength than we think we do. "

" I was always a junk food person, still am. "

" I've always loved the fans in Scotland and have a little Scottish blood of my own. "

" I do remember how it was to be poor. I do remember that in my early years, we had to grow and raise all of our food, even our animals. And I remember in my early life, we didn't even have electricity. So it was very, very hard times then. "

" Actually, I hear a lot of rock music. My husband is a big rock fan. "

" 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. "

Dolly Parton

Always

Him

" I've been to those places where it's 'poor, pitiful me.' "

Dolly Parton

Been

Places

" Oh, I can spot a phoney a mile away. "

Dolly Parton

I Can

Away

" 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. "

" I wanted to write a book that talked about the emotions of children, which is the rainbow. We all have moods. We talk about being blue when we're sad, and being yellow when we're cowards, and when we're mad, we're red. "

" You don't need to buy expensive cosmetics; almost anything will do if you know how to apply it. "

" I've done everything every fat person ever has. I've tried every diet. "

" No matter what, I always make it home for Christmas. I love to go to my Tennessee Mountain Home and invite all of my nieces and nephews and their spouses and kids and do what we all like to do - eat, laugh, trade presents and just enjoy each other... and sometimes I even dress up like Santa Claus! "

" A lot of dreams can turn to nightmares... if you don't really work them. "

" No one could have been nicer, classier nor better looking than Dick Clark. I've had a crush on him since I was a teenager. "

" Energy begets energy. "

Dolly Parton

Begets

Energy

" Dollywood is a family park, and all families are welcome. We do have a policy about profanity or controversial messages on clothing or signs. It is to protect the individual wearing or carrying them, as well as to keep down fights or problems by those opposed to it at the park. "

" I wear wigs all the time on shows, and every day when I'm in public, at Dollywood. People say, 'How many wigs do you have?' And I say, 'Well, at least 365 because I wear at least one a day.' "

" If people work for me over the years, I expect them to be paid what they're owed, but I don't expect them to be paid more than they earn. "

Dolly Parton

Work

Expect

" I do have a lot of gays in my family now, but some will never come out. "

" My husband and I had to raise five of my younger brothers and sisters. They lived with us. We sent them to school. "

Dolly Parton

Lived

School

" Mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of Whitney Houston, I will always be grateful and in awe of the wonderful performance she did on my song, and I can truly say from the bottom of my heart, 'Whitney, I will always love you. You will be missed.' "

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

" Of course, 'I Will Always Love You' is the biggest song so far in my career. I'm famous for several, but that one has been recorded by more people and made me more money, I think, than all of them. But that song did come from a true and deep place in my heart. "

" I just don't feel like I have to explain myself. "