Dolly Parton Quotes: 11

• Adjusting to the passage of time, I think, is a key to success and to life: just being able to roll with the punches.

• My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved.

• The only way I'd 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.

• I do write a lot of children's songs, and I'm going to do a children's television show, which also means I'll be doing a lot of albums. So I do hope my future will hold a lot of things for children.

• The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain!

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

• If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.

• Storms make trees take deeper roots.

• They think I’m simpleminded because I seem to be happy. Why shouldn’t I be happy? I have everything I ever wanted and more. Maybe I am simpleminded. Maybe that’s the key: simple.

  Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business

• If you want the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain.

• Cause I am strong and I can prove itAnd I got my dreams to see me throughIt's just a mountain, I can move itAnd with faith enough there's nothing I can't doAnd I can see the light of a clear blue morningAnd I can see the light of brand new dayI can see the light of a clear blue morningAnd everything's gonna be all rightIt's gonna be okay [lyrics from "Light of a Clear Blue Morning"]