“from this point forward, you should never look at yourself as a “consumer” of social media but as a “producer” of it.” 

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 don't know what's goin' on, I then got the money, and gone.

I'm almost like three people. There's me the, Dolly, the person. There's me, the star. And then there's me, the manager.

I'm a workin' girl.

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.

My grandpa was a preacher.

Every day I pray about all I do.

My husband calls me 'catfish.' He says I'm all mouth and no brains.

I don't have anything to say about other people's art and their work.

I think that I'm perfect.

My husband and I had to raise five of my younger brothers and sisters. They lived with us. We sent them to school.

I love story songs because I've always loved books.

I was born with a happy heart, and I try to keep a good attitude. It's not true that I'm happy all the time because nobody is, and we all go through our things.

I've never been pregnant, so I just feel God didn't mean for me to have kids so that everybody else's children could be mine.

I grew up around lots of men - my father, my brothers, my uncles - so I wasn't intimidated by them.

I have tennis shoes with little rhinestones that I slip on if I exercise. But I always wear heels, even around the house. I'm such a short little thing, I can't reach my kitchen cabinets.

I've never been a feminist.

My mother was always fascinated with the fact that I could rhyme so much stuff.

God and I have a great relationship, but we both see other people.

After momma gave birth to 12 of us kids, we put her up on a pedestal. It was mostly to keep Daddy away from her.

I think there is a little magic in the fact that I'm so totally real but look so artificial at the same time.

I usually get up at 3 A.M. I don't require a lot of sleep, and if I get tired, I'll take a powernap during the day.

My husband says I look like a Q-tip.

If I'd married someone in show business, there'd be too much competition.

I was approached about having my own network many, many years ago. There were some people who wanted to start up a network, and I didn't want to get that involved in the business aspect of it.

I don't like to get involved in things that I am not familiar with. I'm kind of a hands-on type of person.

I do believe that any successful business starts from the top and works its way down.

I just don't have time to get old!

I always think of myself as a working girl.

Money ain't everything.

We just seem to have lost all our morals and principles and values these days.

I have suffered most of the things I write about - or my friends have.

I can write a song in about an hour if it's a simple country song.

I don't have maids or servants, and my husband and I love waking up early and going to the 24-hour supermarket when there is nobody else there.

I didn't know any gay people in my childhood.

I do have a lot of gays in my family now, but some will never come out.

I think everyone should be with who they love.

We're all just a bunch of sinners, but we do the best we can.

My first phone was two tin cans tied together with string, and it worked pretty good.

I never thought, in my lifetime, that you'd be able to watch movies, read books and listen to music from a phone, but I guess the technology of tomorrow is here today.

Kitty Wells was the first and only Queen of Country Music, no matter what they call the rest of us. She was a great inspiration to me as well as every other female singer in the country music business. In addition to being a wonderful asset to country music, she was a wonderful woman.

That little Miley Cyrus... she's like a little Elvis. The kids love her because she's Hannah Montana, but what people don't realize about her is she is such a fantastic singer and songwriter. She writes songs like she's 40 years old!

People are always asking me in interviews, 'What do you think of foreign affairs?' I just say, 'I've had a few.'

Years ago, when I first started being a big star, I had fans that were fanatical. It was when 'Jolene' was a big hit.

There are some loony people in this world!

When I started the Imagination Library in my hometown, I never dreamed that one day we would be helping Scottish kids.

Mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of Whitney Houston, I will always be grateful and in awe of the wonderful performance she did on my song, and I can truly say from the bottom of my heart, 'Whitney, I will always love you. You will be missed.'

I thank God for my failures. Maybe not at the time but after some reflection. I never feel like a failure just because something I tried has failed.

No one is ever successful at everything that they do.

I don't like to give advice. I like to give people information because everyone's life is different, and everyone's journey is different.