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I wish I had my old fishin’ pole
And was sitting on the banks
of the fishing hole
Eating green apples and
waiting for the fish to bite
Life ain’t as simple as it used to be
Since the Big Apple took a bite out of me
And Lord, I’m so Tennessee homesick
that I could die
And Dolly gets good notices right in
the Big Apple, at the New York Times
in fact, both for her acting and for her
singing and songwriting.
In 1989 we see her alongside Julia
Roberts, Sally Field and Shirley McLaine
in the immensely popular film Steel Magnolias.
She plays with panache a role in a
made-for-TV thriller, Wild Texas Wind,
with Ray Benson. In 1992 she stars in
Straight Talk (recently released on DVD)
and the following year Hillbillies.
When she was the Playboy Interview
subject (and also the cover feature) in
October 1978, she said she had then
never seen a Broadway show, nor any
other live stage play. She is a natural
actress, moving across a sound stage
as though she had always been there.
No awkwardness. Everything she gives
comes from inside, without outside influences,
and without copying.
She told Playboy something else of
great significance. If she had to choose
between singing and writing, she would
opt for writing. She believes that setting
words on paper lets one put things into
perspective, and can help heal the author
first of all. She also believes that those
who read her words, if they are suffering
morally or physically, can be touched,
and can find there some comfort.
Behind the image
The statistics are overwhelming.
Dolly Parton has written more than
5000 songs. There hasn’t been a year
since 1968 when her songs haven’t picked
up at least one nomination or award. She
has been named numerous times Best
Female Vocalist or Best Country Singer,
or been nominated for the Best Country
Performance. Grammies and Oscars are
no stranger to her either.
At one point she made an ill-advised
leap into the world of mainstream popular
music. It was a mistake that nearly
cost her the devotion of her fans, and it
didn’t last long. She returned to country
with an album titled Hungry Again:
Bring back the passion we had back then
The time has gone by,
now we’ve grown too content
Lets love like we’re hungry again,
now and then
Lets love like we’re hungry again
Her writing includes an autobiography,
My Life and Other Unfinished
Business, and a children’s book bearing
the title of her first song, Coat of Many
Colors.
This curvy woman with the extraordinary
charisma, already a songwriter,
singer, musician and actress, had more
tricks up her sleeve, including a strong
business sense. It is she who runs the
Dolly Parton Enterprises empire. In
1986 she founded the Dollywood theme
park, to celebrate her Smoky Mountain
upbringing in Tennessee. Two years
later she set up the non-profit Dollywood
Foundation, to develop and
run education programs for Tennessee
children. Since then the Foundation has
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