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Sometimes when I'm under pressure, if I think somebody is expecting stuff from me, I'll do better than if I was just left on my own. I can sit down - I'm a skilled writer, I've been doing it all my life - and I can get down to it.
Dolly Parton
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Dolly Parton
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: January 19
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Dolly Rebecca Parton
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I've used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool... but that's just natural.
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I'll oil wells love you. I'll oil wells care. I'll oil wells need you. I want you oil wells dear.
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Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams. All of them are different styles, but those are the songs that make the times. They're the songs that last through time.
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I've tried different things through the years to get some play on mainstream. I'll try to tailor-make it.
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Yeah I flirt, I'm not blind and I'm not dead!.
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They say somebody's 'street smart.' I feel like, if I got intelligence, it's just a country smart.
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