“I was probably 7 years old when I started playing the guitar and writing some serious songs.”
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Dolly Parton is the most honored and revered female singer-songwriter of all time. She has garnered eleven Grammy Awards and fifty-five nominations, including the Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1999, Parton was inducted into the coveted Country Music Hall of Fame, and in 2022, she was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. She is the author of multiple bestselling books, including ***Songteller***; ***Run, Rose, Run*** (with<a href="https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL22258A" target="_blank"> James Patterson</a>); ***Behind the Seams***; and ***Good Lookin’ Cookin’***. To date, she has donated over 270 million books to children around the world with her <a href="https://imaginationlibrary.com" target="_blank">**Dolly Parton's Imagination Library**</a>, which is a part of the <a href="https://imaginationlibrary.com/the-dollywood-foundation/" target="_blank">Dollywood Foundation</a>, was founded in honor of her father, who never learned to read or write. It mails one book per month to each enrolled child from the time of their birth until they enter kindergarten.
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“I was probably 7 years old when I started playing the guitar and writing some serious songs.”
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“Someone once asked me, 'How long does it take to do your hair.' I said, 'I don't know, I'm never there.'”
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“I think I became more productive through not having children. I never really had the desire to have them. My husband didn't want them either, so it worked out well.”
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“A lot of my heartbreak songs are inspired by things my sisters are going through, or friends.”
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“I have tennis shoes with little rhinestones that I slip on if I exercise. But I always wear heels, even around the house. I'm such a short little thing, I can't reach my kitchen cabinets.”
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“I'll bring my grits when I travel, because I get so hungry on the road.”
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“Being brought up very religious, I have a fear of people that look to idol gods.”
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“I think your values are always influenced by your family and your community.”
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“I grew up around lots of men - my father, my brothers, my uncles - so I wasn't intimidated by them.”
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“I'm not intimidated by how people perceive me.”
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“I often joke that 100 years from now I hope people are saying, 'Dang, she looks good for her age!'”
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“I was always a junk food person, still am.”
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“I just kind of wake up with a new idea and new dreams every day, and I follow that dream, as they say.”
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“People get a kick out of my stupidity.”
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“God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons.”
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“Life is a song to me.”
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“I'm working on my life story. I'm not decided if it's going to be a musical or a movie with music in it.”
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“I wear make-up, and it gets a little bit thicker every year.”
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“A lot of people don't realise I came out of the Smoky Mountains with a load of songs.”
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“There are some loony people in this world!”
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