It’s hard to fully capture the significance of Dolly Parton, whether it’s her impact on country music, her ascent as a woman through a male-dominated music industry or her vast philanthropic efforts.“It’s just a country Cinderella story, really,” Parton told “Good Morning America” co-anchor Robin Roberts for the ABC News special, “Dolly Parton: Here She Comes Again!”
A storyteller at heart, Parton shares pieces of herself, her family, her journey and the plight of others in her music. “My Tennessee Mountain Home,” “Jolene,” “I Will Always Love You” and “9 to 5” are just some of her major hits spanning a five decade-plus career.“When people say ‘How many?’ I say, ‘I don't know. I don't count them,’” Parton said. “I've written thousands of songs.”
“I could totally relate to how people do get on drugs or alcohol, how people do commit suicide, because when you're a tender, loving, caring, sensitive person, you feel like you can only stand so much heartache and sorrow,” she added.“After I got through that, prayed through that, worked through that, I became so much better because I could see so much more inside people,” Parton said.
“It's not all about money,” she told Roberts. “I count my blessings more than I count my money, but I need to count my money, too.” In 1988, Parton formed The Dollywood Foundation to cut school dropout rates in Sevier County, Tennessee -- her home county. She later established the Imagination Library program in 1995, which sends one book per month to children from birth through kindergarten in participating communities spanning five countries.“That's one of the things I'm proudest of,” Parton said. “It was based on the fact that my own dad couldn't read and write.
We’re calling them tattoos now?
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DollyParton Please explain why you have not made a stand to get Homophobic Sevier County Commissioner out of office. Many of your fans are LGBTQ and we are insulted. LGBTQBoycottSevierCountyTN
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