{"id":1544607,"date":"2022-07-08T12:50:27","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T16:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1544607"},"modified":"2022-07-08T12:50:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T16:50:37","slug":"i-never-think-of-myself-as-a-star-why-we-love-dolly-parton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-never-think-of-myself-as-a-star-why-we-love-dolly-parton\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Never Think Of Myself As A Star\u2019: Why We Love Dolly Parton"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-never-think-of-myself-as-a-star-why-we-love-dolly-parton%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1544607&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>With political differences increasing the polarization of the United States, it\u2019s becoming more and more difficult to find any universally beloved celebrities in Hollywood. Dolly Parton is a glaring exception to this rule. Is there anyone who doesn\u2019t adore the country music legend?<\/p>\n<p>There are so many reasons for the endless praise from people of all ages and political persuasions for Dolly Parton. One of these is that Parton, 76, is so unapologetically herself; despite achieving fame and fortune beyond any country singer\u2019s wildest dreams, she remains genuine. It also helps that the 11-time Grammy Award winner came from humble beginnings.<\/p>\n<p>Dolly Rebecca Parton was born in 1946 as the fourth of 12 children. She was raised in a one room cabin on the banks of the Little Pigeon River in Pittman Center, Tennessee. Despite having no money, the singer described her childhood as happy and fulfilled.<\/p>\n<p>Her father, Lee, apparently didn\u2019t have the money to pay the doctor who delivered her, so he paid him with a bag of cornmeal.<\/p>\n<p>Parton described her home life by saying, \u201cWe were also very close as a family, always had a great faith in God. That gave us strength. I still draw from that because I stayed close to my family and my home. I didn\u2019t leave home to get away from them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One famous anecdote from Parton\u2019s childhood involved the singer almost severing three toes after stepping on broken glass. Since they couldn\u2019t afford to go to the hospital, Parton\u2019s mother sewed them back on herself with her quilting needles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was probably about six or seven. I had jumped across the fence onto a broken mason jar and cut three of my toes, just my little toes on my right foot, almost off and they were just kind of hanging there,\u201d the country star told Dr. Oz during a 2017 show appearance, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/country\/dolly-parton-mother-sewed-her-toes-back-on\/\">People<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo they grabbed me up and all my dad and my brothers, they had to hold me down. Momma, she put cornmeal \u2014 now, you\u2019re a doctor, you might know, I think the cornmeal was to absorb the blood,\u201d she continued. \u201cThey put kerosene on it for antiseptic and momma took her sewing needles \u2014 she used to make our quilts and stuff, and she literally had to sew my toes back on. But they worked and they healed and I\u2019m still walking on them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She recalls her upbringing fondly, despite a lack of resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe always made jokes and said we didn\u2019t even know we were poor til some smart aleck up and told us,\u201d Parton said during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/popculture\/dolly-parton-her-childhood-we-were-rich-things-money-dont-t60781\">Today Show<\/a> appearance. \u201cWe didn\u2019t have any money, but we were rich in things that money don\u2019t buy. You know, like love and kindness and understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the singer\u2019s best known charities is Dolly Parton\u2019s Imagination Library, a literacy non-profit that gives free books to millions of children. She started this book gifting program in part because her own father was illiterate.<\/p>\n<p>It wouldn\u2019t have been too surprising if the \u201c9 to 5\u201d and \u201cJolene\u201d composer ended up with a big head after spending so much time in the public spotlight. However, Parton has stayed true to her roots, which has helped her fans fall in love even more \u2013 and she\u2019s funny, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never think of myself as a star because, as somebody once said, \u2018A star is nothing but a big ball of gas\u2019 \u2013 and I don\u2019t want to be that,\u201d she told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/the-615\/6296620\/dolly-parton-talks-50-years-in-nashville-and-supporting-gay-fans\">Billboard<\/a> in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The singer doesn\u2019t sleep much \u2013 she once said she\u2019s up by 3 a.m. each day \u2014 which could explain how she\u2019s managed to have such a prolific career. Parton has composed more than 5,000 songs, received nearly 200 industry awards, and sold more than 100 million records worldwide over her decades-long career. Somehow, she\u2019s still smiling and creating all these years later.<\/p>\n<p>Parton\u2019s genius is rooted in her self-deprecating humor and how she feels both knowable and unknowable to the public, similar to the famed British monarch Queen Elizabeth. Parton doesn\u2019t comment on politics, and she makes jokes about absolutely everything, especially her over-the-top appearance and mannerisms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A BBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/culture\/article\/20201204-how-dolly-parton-became-the-worlds-best-loved-celebrity\">article<\/a> described her as \u201ca master of distraction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe gives away very little,\u201d her \u201c9 to 5\u201d co-star, Lily Tomlin, said of the star. \u201cThere\u2019s a mystery about her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Parton said: \u201cPeople feel like they know me.\u201d The implication is that they don\u2019t really, though.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike some celebrities, it seems like the country star\u2019s fame just keeps growing \u2013 to the point that Parton herself <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/11\/30\/t-magazine\/dolly-parton.html\">said<\/a> in 2020, \u201cI\u2019m sick of Dolly, ain\u2019t you?\u201d It\u2019s because she doesn\u2019t seem to be chasing fame; fame seems to find her instead.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to politics, Parton keeps her voting record a closely guarded secret. She won\u2019t discuss anything publicly that would alienate either fan base.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got as many Republican friends as I\u2019ve got<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With political differences increasing the polarization of the United States, it\u2019s becoming more and more difficult to find any universally beloved celebrities in Hollywood. Dolly Parton is a glaring exception to this rule. Is there anyone who doesn\u2019t adore the country music legend? 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