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.

God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons.

I am confident that partnering my Dollywood Company with a great company like Gaylord will create something truly special.

I would honestly say that with all the awards and all the other things that I've done in my life, Dollywood is one of the greatest dreams that I've ever had come true - I am so proud of that I can't even begin to tell you, Dollywood is real special to me.

I always thought that if I made it big or got successful at what I had started out to do, that I wanted to come back to my part of the country and do something great, something that would bring a lot of jobs into this area.

George Jones was my all-time favorite singer and one of my favorite people in the world.

'9 to 5 the Musical' is perfect for anyone that's ever wanted to string up their boss, which is almost all of us.

'Wrecking Ball' is a great song.

It's always great to perform at home in the good ol' U.S.A.

I love traveling all over the world; but it's true: there's nothing like home.