Dolly Parton Recalls Getting 'Whipped' by Preacher Grandfather Over Clothing Choices

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The legendary singer said she modeled her look after the 'town tramp,' a local woman who wore heels and tight skirts.

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"She was flamboyant. She had bright red lipstick, long red fingernails. She had high-heeled shoes, little floating plastic goldfish in the heels of them, short skirts, low-cut tops, and I just thought she was beautiful," Parton told."When people would say, 'She ain't nothing but trash,' I would always say, 'Well, that's what I'm gonna be when I grow up."

"I was willing to pay for it," she told the outlet."I'm very sensitive. I didn't like being disciplined -- it hurt my feelings so bad to be scolded or whipped or whatever. But sometimes there's just that part of you that's willing, if you want something bad enough, to go for it."The scolding, the"whipping," and the hurt feelings all led to Parton's"The Sacrifice" from her 2011 album,"And it kind of sums it up," she says.

 

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