Who isn't a fan of Dolly Parton?! Her vibrant personality, witty humor, and refreshingly honest takes on life are hard not to love. During her decades-long career, the 76-year-old singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman has been serving up relatable “Dollyisms”—and she’s clearly not done yet. Here, we’ve rounded up her most inspiring quotes on life, love, health, and everything in between.

“I feel like I’m about 35. That was a good time. I’d gotten enough done, and I was making money. In my mind, I’ll be 35 forever.”

—June 2016 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

“I always just thought if you see somebody without a smile, give ’em yours!”

—May 2014 Tweet

“God’s like a farmer. He gets up and throws out all of these ideas like corn, and I want to be the early bird.”

—June 2016 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

“Sometimes God just has to smack you down. He was almost saying, ‘Sit your pretty little ass down because we have to deal with some stuff!’”

—May 2018 interview with Closer Weekly

“He’s always loved who I was, and I loved who he was, and we never tried to change each other.”

—June 2016 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

“It’s not all about money. I count my blessings more than I count my money, but I need to count my money too.”

—November 2019 interview with ABC News

“I am totally real, as a writer, as a professional, as a human being. A rhinestone shines just as good as a diamond.”

—November 2019 issue of ELLE

“I would have been a great mother, I think. I would probably have given up everything else. Because I would’ve felt guilty about that, if I’d have left them [to work, to tour]. Everything would have changed. I probably wouldn’t have been a star.”

—December 2014 interview with The Guardian

“Now that I’ve gone through that terrible moment, I can certainly understand the possibilities, even for someone solid like me, if the pain gets bad enough.”

—May 2018 interview with Closer Weekly

“She got this terrible crush on my husband. And he just loved going to the bank because she paid him so much attention. It was kinda like a running joke between us—when I was saying, ‘Hell, you’re spending a lot of time at the bank. I don’t believe we’ve got that kind of money.’”

—2008 interview with NPR

“I’ve always been misunderstood because of how I look. Don’t judge me by the cover ’cause I’m a real good book!”

—November 2014 Tweet

“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.”

—2014 interview with Southern Living

“When they say, ‘Less is more,’ I say, ‘That’s BS. More is more.’”

—November 2019 issue of ELLE

“You need to really believe in what you’ve got to offer, what your talent is—and if you believe, that gives you strength.”

—October 2014 interview with Billboard

“I really wish that y’all could have seen the look on my lawyer’s face 24 years ago when I told him I wanted to start a theme park and call it Dollywood. He thought I’d already taken the train to Crazywood.”

—2009 University of Tennessee, Knoxville commencement speech

“I ask God every day to lead me, guide me and direct me, to take the wrong people out of my life, put the right people in. As I get older, I’m even stronger in my faith.”

—December 2015 interview with Parade

“When someone shows you their true colors, believe them!”

—March 2013 Tweet

“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.”

—June 2014 Tweet

“I’m a songwriter, so I have to live with my feelings on my sleeve. I have to not harden my heart, because I want to stay open to feel things. So when I hurt, I hurt all over. And when I cry, I cry real hard. And when I’m mad, I’m mad all over. I’m just a person; I like to experience whatever the feeling is and whatever I’m going through.”

—2014 interview with Southern Living

“Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.”

—August 2010 Tweet