Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Quote of the Day (Dolly Parton, On Songwriting and Keeping ‘My Feelings Out on My Sleeve’)


“I can relate to everybody about anything — and that's good, because as a songwriter, I have to keep my feelings out on my sleeve. Some people harden their hearts just to get through life, and I think if I do that, I won't be able to write. I try to keep my heart open, even to the point of having to suffer more because I take everything so personal. But that's why I can write for other people: I try to keep myself where they are.”—Country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton quoted in Kyle Buchanan, “The Carpetbagger: Dolly Parton Woos and Wows,” The New York Times, Dec. 18, 2018

(Accompanying photo of Dolly Parton taken on Apr. 25, 2005, at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, by Tech. Sgt. Cherie A. Thurlby, USAF.)

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