“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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