Talk:Dolly Parton

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 * I hope people see the brain underneath the wig and the heart beneath the boobs.
 * Associated Press Interview, 2003


 * Do I lift weights? Sure. Every time I stand up.


 * The way I see it, If you want the rainbow sometimes you gotta put up with the rain


 * How long does it take to do my hair? I don't know — I'm never there!


 * I hated school. Even to this day, when I see a school bus it's just depressing to me. The poor little kids.


 * I hope people realise that there is a brain underneath the hair and a heart underneath the boobs.


 * I look just like the girls next door… if you happen to live next door to an amusement park.


 * I patterned myself after this woman that was the town tramp back home. She had blond hair and high heels and red fingernails and lips, and to me she was like what movie stars were to other kids. We'd see her, and I'd say, "Oh, look, she's got plastic goldfish in her heels!" and my mama would say, "She ain't nothin' but trash, nothin' but trash," and I thought, "Ooh, that's what I'm gonna be when I grow up — trash!"


 * I wanted to be the first woman to burn her bra, but it would have taken the fire department four days to put it out.
 * Variant: I was the first woman to burn my bra — it took the fire department four days to put it out.


 * If I hadn't had them, I would have had some made.


 * I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.


 * I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb… and I also know that I'm not blonde.
 * Variant: I'm not offended by dumb blonde jokes because I know that I'm not dumb. I also know I'm not blonde.


 * Lots of women buy just as many wigs and makeup things as I do… They just don't wear them all at the same time.


 * My weaknesses have always been food and men — in that order.


 * People make jokes about my bosoms, why don't they look underneath the breasts at the heart? It's obvious I've got big ones and if people want to assume they're not mine, then let them.


 * Plastic surgeons are always making mountains out of molehills.


 * Storms make trees take deeper roots.


 * The night of our honeymoon my husband took one look and said, 'Is that all for me?'.


 * The way I see it, if you want the rainbow you gotta be willing to put up with the rain.
 * Variant: The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. [More on Rainbows]


 * We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.


 * When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.


 * Yeah I flirt, I'm not blind and I'm not dead!


 * You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.


 * (When asked on "Late Night with David Letterman" whether Dollywood (her theme park) has rides, similar to Disneyland's Space Mountain, she gestured to her bosom and said) Space Mountain? I've got Twin Peaks!


 * When asked why her feet were so small Dolly replied, "Things don't grow in the shade."


 * In 2008, Ms. Parton had to cancel her tour because of back problems. She said to a magazine, "Why don't you try waving these puppies around and see how your back feels?"


 * If you want the rainbow, you're just gonna have to put up with the rain


 * My mother had one on her and one in for as long as i can remember


 * I'm gonna get that gun of mine and I'm gonna change you from a rooster to a hen with one shot... and don't think i can't do it!


 * You gotta honk your own horn, 'cause if ya don't no ones ever gonna know your coming!


 * People ask me how long it takes to do my hair. I tell them, I don't know because I'm never there when it happens.


 * If I see something saggin', baggin', or draggin', I have it nipped, tucked, or sucked!


 * It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen.