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" Writing's just as natural to me as getting up and cooking breakfast. "
Dolly Parton
Me
Breakfast
Writing
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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. "
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" I always wanted to be loved. "
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" I wouldn't wanna go out not looking like the Dolly people have come to know, because I've come to know her that way, too. "
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" 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. "
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Think
" 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. "
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Piano
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" I don't think I'm supposed to boss other people around just because I'm a so-called celebrity or star. I hate that when people act that way. No one deserves it. I've seen it happen. I don't call those people out - they know who they are. Some enjoy that reputation. "
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" I ain't never far away from a pencil and paper or a tape recorder. "
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Pencil
Far Away
" My mother was always fascinated with the fact that I could rhyme so much stuff. "
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Rhyme
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" I would honestly say that with all the awards and all the other things that I've done in my life, Dollywood is one of the greatest dreams that I've ever had come true - I am so proud of that I can't even begin to tell you, Dollywood is real special to me. "
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Life
Dreams
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" My songs are like my children - I expect them to support me when I'm old. "
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Support
Old
" No one is ever successful at everything that they do. "
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Ever
Everything
Successful
" I have tennis shoes with little rhinestones that I slip on if I exercise. But I always wear heels, even around the house. I'm such a short little thing, I can't reach my kitchen cabinets. "
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Shoes
Short
Reach
" I've never had that much trouble with the paparazzi, but I don't run the same circles that a lot of these people that do get hounded by the paparazzi. "
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People
Run
Same
" I walk tall; I got a tall attitude. "
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Walk
Attitude
Tall
" I've... been accused of being involved with every man I'm ever seen with or worked with. Maybe I have, maybe I ain't. I never tell if I have. "
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Been
Man
Involved
" I know it's corny - but I love 'Jingle Bells!' "
Dolly Parton
Bells
Love
I Love
" If you like good ol' fashion Southern soul food then, yes, I am a good cook! My specialty is chicken dumplings and poke salad. "
Dolly Parton
Fashion
You
Soul
" I say, 'Yeah, Taylor Swift.' I think she is a smart, beautiful girl. I think she's making all the right moves. She's got a good head on her shoulders. She's surrounded with wonderful people. Her songs are great. She keeps herself anchored. She knows who she is, and she's living and standing by that. "
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People
Great
Good
" Depression runs in my family on both sides, and I have to be wary. "
Dolly Parton
Depression
Both Sides
Family
" I didn't know any gay people in my childhood. "
Dolly Parton
Know
Gay
Childhood
" 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. "
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Work
Expect
Me
" It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen. "
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Queen
Girl
Good
" My husband calls me 'catfish.' He says I'm all mouth and no brains. "
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He
Catfish
" Money ain't everything. "
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Everything
Money
" When I was a little girl, I always dreamed of being a star. I didn't really know what all that meant. I didn't know. "
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Know
Always
Being
" The secret to a long marriage is to stay gone. "
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Marriage
Gone
Stay
" 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. "
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Love
First Time
World
" Someone once asked me, 'How long does it take to do your hair.' I said, 'I don't know, I'm never there.' "
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Someone
Hair
Know
" People say I look so happy - and I say, 'That's the Botox.' "
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People Say
People
" 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. "
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People
Deep
Money