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On life's struggles -

“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow sometimes you gotta put up with the rain,” she said in an April 2013 tweet.

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On her "disguise" -

"If I go anywhere, I go in full disguise. I'm afraid somebody will recognize me and say, 'Oh, did you see Dolly? She looked like hell.' I'd rather them say, 'Did you see Dolly? She's so overdone,'" she said in a 2014 Q&A with Billboard.

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On her preferences -

“It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen," she said in a 1999 interview on ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.'

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On her roots -

"White trash! That's what I am, and proud of it!" she said in a 2007 interview with the London Evening Standard.

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On hairstyles -

"The higher your hair, the closer you are to God," as quoted by Culture Whisper.

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On bravery -

“You never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try,” as quoted by MSNBC.

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On her looks - "When people say less is more, I say more is more. Less is less," she said in a interview with the London Evening Standard.

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On conservative clothing - Referencing her conservative clothing in '9 to 5' in a 1992 interview on 'Live with Regis & Kathie Lee,' she said: “I couldn't wait to get out of those little suits and get into my trashy stuff."

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On her faith and relationship with God - "I just depend on a lot of prayer and meditation. I believe that without God I am nobody, but that with God, I can do anything," she said in a 1980 interview with Roger Ebert.

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On her fashion choices... again - “I'd never stoop so low as to be fashionable. That's the easiest thing in the world to do," she said in a 1977 interview with Barbara Walters.

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On achieving your dreams - “You’re just a step on the boss man’s ladder. But you got dreams he’ll never take away,” as per the lyrics of her song ‘9 to 5.'

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On no shame in her game - “I’m proud of my hillbilly, white trash background. To me that keeps you humble; that keeps you good. And it doesn’t matter how hard you try to outrun it—if that’s who you are, that’s who you are. It’ll show up once in a while,” she said in a 2014 interview with Southern Living.

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On dieting - “I tried every diet in the book. I tried some that weren’t in the book. I tried eating the book. It tasted better than most of the diets,” as quoted by MSNBC.

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On standing up for yourself - “I don’t kiss nobody’s butt,” she said in a 1984 interview with People.

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On how many wigs she owns - “I don't know, I've got better things to do than count them. But I wear one every day of the week, so probably 365,” she said in a 1984 interview with Maura Moynihan and Andy Warhol for Interview magazine.

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On the 2016 presidential election - “I might as well just run myself ‘cause I’ve got the hair for it, it’s huge, and they could always use more boobs in the race,” she wrote in a Facebook post regarding questions over who she’d endorse.

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On inspirational advice - "I never let a rhinestone go unturned!" she wrote in a 2015 tweet. Seriously, go follow her on Twitter!

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On her childhood - "We were so poor, I thought anyone whose house was clean was rich. If someone came to our house who had a lipstick, I thought they were millionaires. It was a fight for survival to keep the rats from chewing fingers and noses off the little babies," she said in a 2007 interview with the London Evening Standard.

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On human nature - “When someone shows me their true colors, I believe them,” as quoted by MSNBC.

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On a trait she doesn’t like in herself - “The fact that sometimes my mouth is a little too big and a little too open and sounds too much like a sailor,” she told Vanity Fair in 2012.

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On bleaching her hair - "I was so unusual (...) They thought I screwed everybody coming down the road. It wasn't true. I was just a different person, I was my own self. I didn't want to be like my mother," she said in a 2007 interview with the London Evening Standard.

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On what she believes is the most overrated virtue - “Monogamy⁠—I’m sorry, I meant monotony,” she said in a 2012 Vanity Fair interview.

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On spending money - “It takes a lot of money to look this cheap.” She told Vanity Fair in 2012 that this is the phrase she overuses the most.

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On reincarnation -

What would Dolly Parton be if she died and returned as another person or thing? “A big, fat hog so I could eat whatever I want,” she said in the same Vanity Fair interview.

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On love is love - “I think everybody should be allowed to be who they are, and to love who they love,” she told Billboard in a 2014 Q&A.

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On being judgmental - “Lord, I've got enough problems of my own to pass judgment on somebody else,” she told Billboard in 2014.

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On names - Ever wondered what Dolly Parton’s favorite name is? “Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene,” she said in a 2012 Vanity Fair interview.

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On not having children -

"God didn't mean for me to have kids so everybody's kids could be mine," she told Billboard in 2014.

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On 'I Will Always Love You' -

The song might have been immortalized by Whitney Houston, but the words came from Dolly’s genius. “I wish you joy and happiness. But above all of this, I wish you love."

See also: How well do you know Johnny Cash?

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