Biografia

She lost a Dolly Parton lookalike contest.

Dolly wrote two of her biggest hits, "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You", on the same evening (1973).

Dolly recorded the song "I Will Always Love You", which she also wrote, in 1974. She found out that Elvis Presley was interested in singing it as a duet with her; however, she would have to give him 50% of the publishing royalties, as was his custom with any duet he sang. Since she had already published the song herself, giving up those royalties made no sense to her so, despite her intense desire to sing with "The King of Rock 'n' Roll", she declined the request, which turned out to be a multi-million-dollar decision, after the song became a humongous hit when Whitney Houston sang it in O Guarda-Costas (1992) and the single sold over 24 million records worldwide.

Although Parton originally agreed to work with Porter Wagoner for five years, she stayed an extra two years because of her immense respect for him. At the end of the seventh year, Parton and Wagoner argued because she wanted to go out on her own and he wanted her to stay. Eventually, she wrote a song to express how she felt: the eventual megahit "I Will Always Love You".

One of 12 children, she grew up in a one-room cabin in Tennessee.

I'm not offended by dumb-blonde jokes because I know that I'm not dumb. I also know I'm not blonde.

I describe my look as a blend of Mother Goose, Cinderella, and the local hooker!

It takes a lot of money to make a person look this cheap!

I like to buy clothes that are two sizes too small and then take them in a little.

I have little feet because nothing grows in the shade.