Dolly Parton Quotes About Songs

Quotes about: Songs

• 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.'

  Dolly Parton

  Song, Love You, Grateful

  FaceBook post by Dolly Parton from Feb 12, 2012

• I hope to die right in the middle of a song and right on the stage doing what I love to do. I hope to be about 120 when that happens.

  Dolly Parton

  Death, Song, Age

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• I've never been more moved by a voice than I have been by Roy Orbison. I loved him personally, and I loved his voice. I think of him often and frequently listen to his songs.

  Dolly Parton

  Love, Music, Song

• Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams. All of them are different styles, but those are the songs that make the times. They're the songs that last through time.

  Dolly Parton

  Music, Song, Style

  "Neil Young pays tribute to country music". www.today.com. August 27, 2005.

• In the early days, Porter Wagoner would not exactly scold me, but he's say, 'You're writing too many damn verses. You're makin' these songs too damn long.' And I'd say, 'Yeah, but I'm tellin' a story. I have a story to tell.' And he'd say, 'Well, you're not going to get it on the radio.' If I start writing a song, I'm writing it for a reason. People would say that I had to have two verses, and a chorus, and a bridge. I tried to learn that formula.

  Dolly Parton

  Song, Writing, Bridges

• As a songwriter, you're allowed to write anything, and as a person, I am all colors in the rainbow. I've been through everything, you know, so I can write a positive song like 'Better Get to Livin'' because that's my attitude. But that doesn't mean I'm happy all the time. You can't be a deep and serious songwriter without feelings. You kinda have to live with your feelings out on your sleeve and get hurt more than most people. The fear I might get hurt means I might not be able to write another song.

  Dolly Parton

  Song, Hurt, Attitude

• You are the song of every bird, you are the poet's every word, every artist's picture, every writer's play.

  Dolly Parton

  Song, Artist, Play

  Song: More Than I Can Say, Album: Rainbow

• If I should stay
  I would only be in your way
  So I'll go, but I know
  I'll think of you each step of the way
  And I will always love you
  I will always love you
  Bitter sweet Memories
  That's all I am taking with me
  Good-bye. Please don't cry
  We both know that I'm not
  What you need
  But I will always love you
  I will always love you.

  Dolly Parton

  Song, Sweet, Memories

  "I Will Always Love You". Song by Dolly Parton, June 6, 1974.

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

  Dolly Parton

  Song, Book, Stories

• Music lives in me. Life is a song to me. I have the gift of rhyme, and I'm always trying to write and rhyme. Music is just natural everyday occurrence with me.

  Dolly Parton

  Song, Writing, Always Trying

  Source: www.avclub.com

• Most country songs, certainly all the stuff I've written, are stories driven by characters.

  Dolly Parton

  Country, Song, Character

• Life is a song to me.

  Dolly Parton

  Song, Life Is

  Interview with Marah Eakin, music.avclub.com. July 19, 2011.

• I've never been the big recording star I'd love to be some day. I've had lots of hits off and on through the years but I've never had the success of other artists - one hit after another back-to-back-to-back and big hits, where every song is going to be number one. I'm not greedy or nothing. I just want everything. Is there something wrong with that?

  Dolly Parton

  Song, Stars, Artist

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• I write anywhere. I'm always banging around on the dashboard. Whatever I'm doing. I can make music out of anything. Whenever a song hits me, I'll pick some sort of melody or rhythm out on it, and kind of enhance the song.

  Dolly Parton

  Song, Writing, Dashboards

  Source: www.avclub.com

• My nails are my rhythm section when I'm writing a song all alone. Some day, I may cut an album, just me and my nails.

  Dolly Parton

  Song, Writing, Cutting

  "Dolly Parton: Gee, She's Really Nice". Interview with Roger Ebert, www.rogerebert.com. December 7, 1980.

• '9 to 5,' that little song, that little story, just won't ever end. Just like 'I Will Always Love You,' it just keeps comin' back, popping up its head in one way or another.

  Dolly Parton

  Song, Love You, Stories

• I learned early on that I could get a lot of attention by singing and writing little songs, so it was like throwing nuts to a monkey... I just couldn't get enough.

  Dolly Parton

  Song, Writing, Learning

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• I write a little something every day, even though I don't write a song [every day]. Everything inspires me. I'll come up with a line, or somebody will say something that will trigger something.

  Dolly Parton

  Song, Writing, Inspire

• I always loved that old song Banks of the Ohio - it was always such a man's song, so I've always wanted to record it.

  Dolly Parton

  Song, Men, Ohio

  "The Interview: The industry of Dolly Parton". Interview with Elio Iannacci, www.macleans.ca. May 11, 2014.

• As a songwriter, you respect and appreciate the writings of other people, and I often get asked, are there songs out there I wish I'd written? Yes. There's many of them!

  Dolly Parton

  Song, Writing, People

• I feel fortunate that I've had a lot of songs recorded by other people, because I take my songwriting very seriously. It's only those people that have followed me over the years and really know my work that know how serious I am about all of it - including the way I look. You can't take my high heels from me, you can't have my long fingernails, you can't take all this hair from me, because it's part of this thing that I've become. I wouldn't want to give any of it up. Do I have to be ugly to be a songwriter? This is the way I am, and it's what I choose to be.

  Dolly Parton

  Music, Song, Hair

  "You need to shine if you're going to be a star" by Paul Sexton, www.theguardian.com. November 2, 2006.

• I'm so thankful I can write songs. I can capture all those memories in my songs and keep those memories alive.

  Dolly Parton

  Song, Memories, Writing

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

• I don't have time to stand around and listen to an 11-minute song.

  Dolly Parton

  Song, Minutes

• 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.

  Dolly Parton

  Song, Children, Writing

• If I had to give up performing, it wouldn't bother me too much. But I couldn't live without my writing. I put all my feelings, my very soul, into my writing. I tell the world in my songs things I wouldn't even tell my husband.

  Dolly Parton

  Song, Giving Up, Husband

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