I love traveling all over the world; but it’s true: there’s nothing like home.
I know that I always wanted things. I was always proud of my people, proud of my home, but I always wanted more. I think most people do.
I grew up around lots of men – my father, my brothers, my uncles – so I wasn’t intimidated by them.
I don’t think you ever really know what all you’re doing, so you have to act on faith.
I come from a family of 12, so I kind of got a little lost as a child.
I love writing every song I can like a little mini movie. I like to have a character, or some characters, and really paint a picture with the song.
I am confident that partnering my Dollywood Company with a great company like Gaylord will create something truly special.
I ain’t never far away from a pencil and paper or a tape recorder.
Every seven years, I sit down and make a whole new plan.
I’m just a person; I like to experience whatever the feeling is and whatever I’m going through.
Believe it or not, I was just given an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee.
A lot of people don’t realise I came out of the Smoky Mountains with a load of songs.
I have to not harden my heart, because I want to stay open to feel things.
You don’t see too many atheists on the deathbed. They all start cramming then.
My nails are my rhythm section when I’m writing a song all alone. Some day, I may cut an album, just me and my nails.
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.
If there’s something you know and there’s something you feel, but you can’t quite express it, you will hear it somewhere. And you don’t have to worry, because someone will get it sung out.
If I’d married someone in show business, there’d be too much competition.
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.
I have a good attitude. And I was born with a happy heart. I’m always looking for things to be better.