Let’s not pretend Dolly Parton isn't a workaholic. She wrote “I Will Always Love You” in a single afternoon. She has over 3,000 songs to her name. She runs a theme park, a production company, and a wig empire.
Having a human child would have slowed that down. And Dolly has said, without an ounce of shame, that her career was her baby. It’s a beautiful, sparkly, tax-deductible baby.
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Here’s the really weird part: Dolly Parton has no children, but she technically has siblings who are younger than some of her songs. Her father had 12 children, and Dolly helped raise her younger siblings when she was a teenager.
So she already did the 4 AM feedings. She already wiped noses. She already played mom. By the time she hit it big, she was like, “I already did my shift. I’m going on tour now.”
