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As a songwriter, you respect and appreciate the writings of other people, and I often get asked, are there songs out there I wish I'd written? Yes. There's many of them!
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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God and I have a great relationship but we both see other people.
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All the fame and fortune, glory and prestige, can't make me happy if it goes against what I believe.
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When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.
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I'm no natural beauty. If I'm gonna have any looks at all, I'm gonna have to create them.
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I haven't stopped working since I was 10.
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I'm gonna be making records anyway, even if I had to sell 'em out of the trunk of my car. I'm that kind of musician and singer.
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I didn't know any gay people in my childhood.
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If you can read, you can find books on anything you want. You can self-educate even if you can't afford to go to school.
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We're supposed to be less judgmental and accept and be kind and love one another.
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I've always loved the fans in Scotland and have a little Scottish blood of my own.
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I had nothing growing up, but I always wanted to be 'sexy,' even before I knew what the word was.
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I'd love to develop and star in my own children's show, write children's books, do children's albums, movies, DVDs, etc.
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I write anywhere. I'm always banging around on the dashboard. Whatever I'm doing. I can make music out of anything. Whenever a song hits me, I'll pick some sort of melody or rhythm out on it, and kind of enhance the song.
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