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" Years ago, when I first started being a big star, I had fans that were fanatical. It was when 'Jolene' was a big hit. "
Dolly Parton
Years
Big
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" My mama never wore a pair of pants when I was growing up, and now that's all she wears. It was so funny for me when I first started seeing Mama wear pants. It was like it wasn't Mama. Now I've bought her many a pantsuit because she just lives in them. "
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" 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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" I always loved that old song 'Banks of the Ohio' - it was always such a man's song, so I've always wanted to record it. "
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" My best country record only sold 200,000 copies. "
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" I don't make people bend over backwards, and I don't like that in people. I am definitely no diva. "
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" As a songwriter, you respect and appreciate the writings of other people, and I often get asked, are there songs out there I wish I'd written? Yes. There's many of them! "
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" I never thought, in my lifetime, that you'd be able to watch movies, read books and listen to music from a phone, but I guess the technology of tomorrow is here today. "
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" I wear make-up, and it gets a little bit thicker every year. "
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" 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! "
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" I will not play just an evil part. In fact, I got offered $7 million several years ago to play the part that Faye Dunaway played in 'Supergirl.' I was kind of insulted. I was impressed with the money, but I said, 'Why are you asking me to play an evil witch? Do I come across as an evil witch to you?' "
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