Dolly Parton Quotes About Growing Up

Quotes about: Growing Up

• I make jokes about it, but it's the truth that I kind of patterned my look after the town tramp. I didn't know what she was, just this woman who was blond and piled her hair up, wore high heels and tight skirts, and, boy, she was the prettiest thing I'd ever seen. Momma used to say, "Aw, she's just trash," and I thought, That's what I want to be when I grow up. Trash.

  Dolly Parton

  Growing Up, Boys, Hair

• My mama never wore a pair of pants when I was growing up, and now that's all she wears. It was so funny for me when I first started seeing Mama wear pants. It was like it wasn't Mama. Now I've bought her many a pantsuit because she just lives in them.

  Dolly Parton

  Growing Up, Pants, Pairs

• I had nothing growing up, but I always wanted to be 'sexy,' even before I knew what the word was.

  Dolly Parton

  Sexy, Growing Up, Growing

  "Kitsch and confidential" by Liz Hoggard, www.theguardian.com. January 9, 2005.

• [On growing up in a large family with little money:] ... to take a bath ... we just had a pan of water and we'd wash down as far as possible, and we'd wash up as far as possible. Then, when somebody'd clear the room, we'd wash possible.

  Dolly Parton

  Growing Up, Water, Littles

• I love the energy of children. It makes me feel young. I'm just drawn to them. They're like magic to me. And they're drawn to me, the childlike part of me that never did grow up.

  Dolly Parton

  Children, Growing Up, Magic

  "Dolly Parton: The Southern Living Interview". Interview with Jennifer V. Cole, www.southernliving.com.

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