To put my kids to bed as infants I always sang Dolly's Coat Of Many Colors. It is a beautiful song about a mother's love for her children and I couldn't think of anything better. It was way better then singing about a cradle falling out of a tree.
As a huge Dolly fan I am proud to post that Dolly is featured on the August/September issue of Country Woman for which is available now.
Iconic singer, songwriter,
actress, philanthropist and entrepreneur Dolly Parton does it all – the only
thing she has to sacrifice is sleep! On the heels of a world tour promoting her
new album, Blue Smoke, the self-proclaimed early bird is up before the
sunrise and makes time to dream, cook, spend time with her family and live the
country woman lifestyle.
Please see below for select
quotes from Country Woman’s interview with Dolly Parton, featured in the
August/September issue, which is on stands July 8:
Her
Southern cooking and family recipes: “I’m the one they’ll always ask
to bring the chicken and
dumplings. I make it like my mama and my grandmas and my aunts. I definitely
still cook like a country woman.”
Where
she gets inspiration from her songs: “My songs are the door to every dream I’ve
had and every success I’ve ever achieved.”
On
playing the guitar at age seven and what she used as a fake microphone: “I used to put a tin can on a tobacco
stick. And those were not chickens out there in the yard, they were my
audience.”
What
she would have done if she didn’t pursue her passion: “If it
hadn’t been for music, I’d have been a beautician. Or maybe I’d have been a
missionary; but where would I get my hair done?”
How Dollywood got started: “I just love [the
mountain range] the Smokies. I bought the old home place years ago and fixed it
up as a retreat.”
Why she doesn’t ride
roller coasters: “I have motion sickness. I’d even get sick riding the school bus
and the merry-go-round on the playground. Plus I’m always afraid I’ll lose my
hair or something else might fall out.”
Her goals for Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort (opening next summer): “With the
resort, we want to inspire people to bring their families and connect again. In
this high-tech world, everybody is off in his or her own little world and
always on some smartphone or a computer or something, and we’re not connecting
as a family. Everybody is living separately, together. We’re trying to
encourage people to bond with family again…at least for a vacation.”
On being the book lady when it comes
to her organization Imagination Library: “We send a book once a month to kids from the time they’re
born until they start school. Many of the kids don’t know I sing or write
songs. To them, I’m the book lady.”
How her father inspired Imagination Library,
which open to all children regardless of family income: “He was
from a huge family also, and, like a lot of folks in the mountains, he didn’t
have a chance to get an education. He had to go to work to help feed the rest
of the family. I know how smart my daddy was, even though he couldn’t read and
write. That was what inspired me to do the Imagination Library, and I am really
passionate about it.”
Her views on education: “You can’t get enough books into
the hands of enough children. We need them to learn to read, because even if
you can’t go to school, if you can read, you can educate yourself.”
On fond family memories growing up in the country: “In the
country, it’s just too hot in your old house in the summertime to be inside. So
everybody gathered on the front porch or the back porch, depending on where the
shade was. That’s where we’d sit to gossip, to talk together and to sing and to
play. The porch was a very special place for us.”
How her faith and country roots have kept her sane: “Well, it’s all kept me
sane. It’s kept me stable. A belief in God is essential. You have to believe in
something bigger than yourself. We grew up believing that through God all
things are possible. I think I believed that so much that I made it happen. I
just live by that Scripture. The fact that I can write is very helpful, too. I
can write about anything I feel. Also, family helps me stay grounded and
humble. I know what it’s like to be without, and I know what it’s like to have
things. And I appreciate both.”
What she’s working on now: “Right now, I’m writing my life
story as a musical for the stage. That’s really one of my big dreams, and it’s
in the works.”
On landing a career among country
music’s most honored performers: “I
think of myself as a working girl.”
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