June 2011
“People always ask me, “Do you think you’ll ever tone down your look?” And I say, Well, hell no! Why should I? I was gaudy when gaudy wasn’t cool. Before Gaga I was Ga-udy. I was being outrageous even before Madonna. Eventually people realize that there’s a brain under this hair, and a heart under these boobs, but I also like being a character that they can enjoy. It makes it kind of fun when I do get out on stage and tell my real story, and they get to see the real me. I’m a very artificial-looking person, but I’m a very real person.”
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Miss Dolly Parton, O.G. diva bad-ass and living legend. (via coketalk)
Know what else Miss Dolly does? She has her own foundation called the Imagination Library that distributes books to kids. Each month children in the program get their very own book mailed to their house up until their fifth birthday when they get a booklet about starting kindergarten.
(via dressesandyarn)
