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Dolly Parton
American
Musician
Born:
Jan 19
,
1946
Always
Love
Me
People
Think
You
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I still have my first paycheck. It was just, I think, a dollar or two that I got when I started as a songwriter with BMI, and I had some songs there that I had through the company, and in the mail I got this big old check for, like, a dollar and a half or something. Somebody had recorded one of my songs.
Dolly Parton
Old
Somebody
First
Half
Big
Think
I Think
Some
Something
Recorded
Through
Mail
Had
Songs
Songwriter
Check
Like
Got
Still
Dollar
Just
Paycheck
Company
Started
Two
When I started the Imagination Library in my hometown, I never dreamed that one day we would be helping Scottish kids.
Dolly Parton
Day
Library
Imagination
One Day
Kids
Would
Would-Be
Dreamed
Never
Scottish
Helping
Hometown
Started
I listen to my old records and I think, 'How did I ever get on the radio?'
Dolly Parton
Old
Think
I Think
Records
How
Get
Did
Listen
Radio
Ever
I'm easy to look like, so there are lots and lots of Dolly look-alikes.
Dolly Parton
Easy
Like
Look
Lots
Lots And Lots
My songs are like my children - I expect them to support me when I'm old.
Dolly Parton
Me
Old
Songs
Support
Like
Expect
Children
Them
I just don't have time to get old!
Dolly Parton
Time
Old
Get
Just
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.
Dolly Parton
Me
You
People
Better
Gaudy
Dress
Pretty
Blamed
Cheap
Look
Looked
Comfortable
Because
Said
Lot
Done
Want
Career
I try not to go around looking like a hag.
Dolly Parton
Try
Looking
Like
Around
Go
I had nothing growing up, but I always wanted to be 'sexy,' even before I knew what the word was.
Dolly Parton
Word
Before
Nothing
Sexy
Had
Knew
Always
Up
Wanted
Even
Growing
Growing Up
I love Velveeta cheese.
Dolly Parton
Love
Cheese
I Love
People are looking for something a little more stable; people are feeling like they need to get closer to God.
Dolly Parton
God
People
Feeling
Looking
Something
More
Like
Get
Closer
Stable
Little
Need
Nobody can ever make enough money for as many poor relatives as I've got. Somebody's got a sick kid, or somebody needs an operation, somebody ain't got this, somebody ain't got that. Or to give the kids all a car when they graduate.
Dolly Parton
Needs
Money
Car
Relatives
Somebody
Sick
Enough
Enough Money
Kid
Kids
Give
Nobody
Make
Operation
Got
Graduate
Poor
Many
Ever
I had to get rich so I could sing like I was poor again.
Dolly Parton
Rich
Could
Had
Like
Sing
Get
Again
Poor
A lot of my heartbreak songs are inspired by things my sisters are going through, or friends.
Dolly Parton
Inspired
Through
Songs
Lot
Friends
Heartbreak
Sisters
Going
Things
My lips, I've used collagen. I line my lips with collagen.
Dolly Parton
Collagen
Line
Lips
Used
I do remember how it was to be poor. I do remember that in my early years, we had to grow and raise all of our food, even our animals. And I remember in my early life, we didn't even have electricity. So it was very, very hard times then.
Dolly Parton
Life
Food
Remember
Animals
Early Years
Our
I Remember
Had
How
Years
Very
Times
Poor
Then
Hard
Electricity
Hard Times
Even
Grow
Early
Raise
Early Life
I've tried different things through the years to get some play on mainstream. I'll try to tailor-make it.
Dolly Parton
Try
Tried
Some
Through
Mainstream
Years
Get
Different
Different Things
Play
Things
I look like a woman, but I think like a man.
Dolly Parton
Man
Woman
Think
I Think
Like
Look
I am confident that partnering my Dollywood Company with a great company like Gaylord will create something truly special.
Dolly Parton
Great
I Am
Will
Something
Like
Am
Truly
Confident
Create
Special
Company
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.
Dolly Parton
Alone
Day
Me
Song
Writing
Section
Some
Nails
May
Just
Rhythm
Rhythm Section
Cut
Album
I've been to those places where it's 'poor, pitiful me.'
Dolly Parton
Me
Those
Been
Pitiful
Where
Places
Poor
Depression runs in my family on both sides, and I have to be wary.
Dolly Parton
Depression
Family
Sides
Runs
Both
Both Sides
Wary
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.
Dolly Parton
Work
Me
People
Earn
More
Over
Years
Expect
Than
Owed
Them
Paid
My grandpa was a preacher.
Dolly Parton
Preacher
Grandpa
People get a kick out of my stupidity.
Dolly Parton
People
Stupidity
Kick
Out
Get
Someone once asked me, 'How long does it take to do your hair.' I said, 'I don't know, I'm never there.'
Dolly Parton
Me
Long
Hair
Once
Someone
Take
Never
Know
Does
Said
How
Asked
Your
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