Jimmy Carter as President is like Truman Capote marrying Dolly Parton. The job is just too big for him.
Quotes about dolly (16 Quotes)
Country Dolly Parton continues her roots revival with Those Were the Days, ... Tough All Over.
All the biggest country stars have played Lanierland, including George Jones and Tammy Wynette and Porter Waggoner and Dolly Parton, when the original venue was an old circus tent. I remember it leaked that night we had Porter and Dolly, ... We were sitting in the audience and a big raindrop hit me on the head.
Being in the studio with Dolly was like a baseball fan getting to play catch with Mickey Mantle.
I had cleavage that would make Dolly Parton proud. But those things are really heavy and I'm pretty slight of frame, so I took them out. No one even noticed.
Well I always wanted to be Dolly Parton when I was a little girl. I was obsessed with her.
Dolly Parton may be the ultimate example of this, ... It's an aesthetic that's in your face big hair, short dresses, an emphasis on her physique, and she's making lots of money in the process. Like her, today's singers take demeaning images in Southern culture, turn it all on its head, and say, 'I'm really outsmarting you.'
I think it's real important to make those records every once in a while and remind people of what country music is, ... The roots where it came from, where we got what we have. This is sort of a throwback to Dolly, George Jones, Merle Haggard. That's my favorite kind of music. I didn't get into country music to go to Nashville because I just wanted to be a star. I went there because I had such a passion for that kind of music.
Motion-picture studio floors used to be all wooden and not smooth at all. This was difficult when moving a camera around on a dolly.
It was just a funny notion about everything. We were lucky that Jane had such a passion for it and she, from the beginning, wanted the two of us Dolly and me.
Dolly Parton... I love being around that woman! I worked really hard to keep up with her.
We hear that Dolly Parton was in town eating dinner at a restaurant, or other country music stars doing this and that.
I always loved Dolly because she took her music seriously, but not herself. When people called her a dumb blonde, she said, I don't think I'm dumb, and I know I'm not blond.'
I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language.
She works way harder than we do. You see some artists who are nowhere near in their career where Dolly is, and they complain about all the stuff they have to do. She comes into a rehearsal and sings 'Coat of Many Colors' like it's the first time she ever sang it. It's changed our whole attitude.
Dolly Parton has been a union member for 30 years. We don't understand why a company that has her name on it would object to its employees being recognized by the union.