Music, I suppose, will be the thing that sustains me in the time of my life when I am too old for sex and not quite ready to meet God. It has always been an essential part of me.
I do have a few little tattoos, but they were mostly done to cover scars because I’m so fair.
God made me the way that I am and it’s my business to be true to that.
Don’t lose your temper; use it.
People tend to fear what they do not know, and what they fear they dislike.
Music is my personal addiction. So much of everything I’ve done has only been to open more doors for the music itself. It all gets back to the fact that I am, first of all, a songwriter and a singer.
I’m not like a real person. I love being artificial. I think there’s a little magic in the fact that I’m so totally real, but look so artificial at the same time.
I’ve been around longer than most of my fans have been alive.
I’ve enjoyed all the parts of my career.
I’ve tried different things through the years to get some play on mainstream. I’ll try to tailor-make it.
A lot of people have said I’d have probably done better in my career if I hadn’t looked so cheap and gaudy. But I dress to be comfortable for me, and you shouldn’t be blamed because you want to look pretty.
When you come from where I come from, if anyone in the family makes it out, the others kind of come with you.
I’m almost like three people. There’s me the, Dolly, the person. There’s me, the star. And then there’s me, the manager.
If I hadn’t been a woman, I’d be a drag queen for sure. I like all that flair and I’d be dressing up in them high heels and putting on the big hair. I’d be like Ru Paul.
When I sit back in my rocking chair someday, I want to be able to say I’ve done it all.
I’ve never had a divorce, but I’ve seen so many of my friends, my sister, my family go through that stuff, so I try to write for the people that can’t write about it. I take on their sorrow, so I’m able to kind of express it, or their joy.
Some things are strange to me, and some things are odd. But I don’t condemn. If you can accept me, I can accept you.
There’s no such thing as free love. Have you seen the price of Viagra?
Daddy’s working boots have taken many steps for us.
I’m like a cartoon! I’ll look this way when I’m eighty. I can see it now, people will be rolling me around in a wheelchair and I’ll still have my big hair, nails, my high heels and my boobs stuck out!