“I know people make fun of me. All these years, people think the joke has been on me, but it’s actually been on the public. I know exactly what I’m doing … I make more jokes about myself than anybody,” Parton told. “I’ve often made this statement that I would never stoop so low as to be fashionable, that’s the easiest thing in the world to do, so I just decided that I would do something that would at least get the attention.
The “Jolene” singer added: “Once they got past the shock of the ridiculous way I looked and all that then they would see there was parts of me to be appreciated. I’m very real where it counts, and that’s inside.”in June 2003, noting she’s been wearing blonde wigs for years because her natural locks wouldn’t tease the right way. “Part of the magic is that I look so totally artificial, but I am so totally real.
, saying, “I feel like before it was always this anomaly — woman one, singular — that would come in and really make her mark and do great. And now there’s more of us, and we’re all doing this. And so, I’m really happy with the way things are going. Hopefully, we can take over. I know it’s possible.”. “I know people make fun of me. All these years, people think the joke has been on me, but it’s actually been on the public.