You know, I look like a woman but I think like a man. And in this world of business, that has helped me a lot. Because by the time they think that I dont know whats goin on, I then got the money, and gone. – Dolly Parton
If you talk bad about country music, its like saying bad things about my momma. Thems fightin words. – Dolly Parton
The only way Id be caught without makeup is if my radio fell in the bathtub while I was taking a bath and electrocuted me and I was in between makeup at home. I hope my husband would slap a little lipstick on me before he took me to the morgue. – Dolly Parton
I cant tell anybody else how to run their life or their business, but I really believe Ive got a good bead on myself. – Dolly Parton
I became a larger than life figure for one reason only. When youre quoted in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, constantly as the expert in the business people assume youre a lot bigger than you are. And then I had to run like hell to catch up with my own image. – Barbara Corcoran