Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Partonis an American singer, songwriter, actress, author, businesswoman, and humanitarian, known primarily for her work in country music. Parton is the most honored female country performer of all time. Achieving 25 RIAA certified gold, platinum, and multi-platinum awards, she has had 25 songs reach No. 1 on the Billboard Country charts, a record for a female artist. She has 41 career top 10 country albums, a record for any artist, and she has 110 career charted singles over...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth19 January 1946
CitySevierville, TN
CountryUnited States of America
I take all that as a compliment. And if someone gets vulgar, I can put them in their place, but still do it in a fun way.
I have a person who works in my organization who once was a woman and now is a man. I didn't know for years that this person had had a sex change. I know what a wonderful person he is, and I based some of my feelings (in the song) on my feelings for him and on knowing what he went through.
I feel like I'm fighting a battle when I didn't start a war
I will not play just an evil part. In fact, I got offered $7 million several years ago to play the part that Faye Dunaway played in 'Supergirl.' I was kind of insulted. I was impressed with the money, but I said, 'Why are you asking me to play an evil witch? Do I come across as an evil witch to you?'
I will shed the sins and struggles, I have carried all these years. And I'll leave my heart wide open, I will love and have no fear.
For me, these songs are not really political, but more a sign of the times, ... I see them as songs of hope, songs with strong messages, songs that take on a new relevance today.
He did do a vocal just for me that I'll keep for myself and that I'll always treasure,
Having a big gay following, I get hate mail and threats.
I was surprised to be nominated. I didn't expect to win, but of course it would have been great. There were only three songs, and I had as good a chance as anybody else. At least the guys that did win (rap group Three 6 Mafia for the song 'It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp' from the movie 'Hustle and Flow') are from Memphis.
I was so flattered and honored that they liked me so much. It really worked out to be a wonderful friendship,
I still have my first paycheck. It was just, I think, a dollar or two that I got when I started as a songwriter with BMI, and I had some songs there that I had through the company, and in the mail I got this big old check for, like, a dollar and a half or something. Somebody had recorded one of my songs.
Well, it's always fun, this movie, what it's done. It's just amazing to me that it's 25 years old, and how long it's lasted, and the fact that it had a good message then, it has a good message now.
My best country record only sold 200,000 copies.
I think there is a little magic in the fact that I'm so totally real but look so artificial at the same time.