I’ve always loved the fans in Scotland and have a little Scottish blood of my own.
I wear make-up, and it gets a little bit thicker every year.
I will never retire unless I have to.
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.
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.
I’ll be like Bob Hope, touring when I’m 100.
A lot of my own relatives didn’t get to go to school because we were mountain people. You have to get out and work and help feed the family. My own dad couldn’t read and write. And my dad was very proud of me.
I’ll never graduate from collagen.
I’m a showgirl, as you can tell. I’m ever ready.
I’m always amazed by the people who work on stage who sing night after night, day after day, week in week out.
If you can read, you can find books on anything you want. You can self-educate even if you can’t afford to go to school.
I’m easy to look like, so there are lots and lots of Dolly look-alikes.
I’m very short, so I just have to watch my weight because I have a big appetite.
My lips, I’ve used collagen. I line my lips with collagen.
My best country record only sold 200,000 copies. I didn’t have enough money for the band and the arrangements and the costumes and all. I had to move into wider fields.
My mother was always fascinated with the fact that I could rhyme so much stuff.
My philosophy is simple: It’s a down-home, common, horse-sense approach to things.
You always want your people to be proud of what you have accomplished.
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.
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.