High-res nprfreshair: Dolly Parton, on leaving home at 18: “I knew that I had to go. It wasn’t that I wasn’t proud of who I was and where I was from. But I had a dream, and I just couldn’t imagine myself [like my mother]. … I wanted to do something with my music. I knew I was going to leave when I was 18 years old. And I graduated from high school on a Friday night, and I left for Nashville on Saturday morning. I was ready to go.” (Image: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images Entertainment.) “I graduated from high school on a Friday night, and I left for Nashville on Saturday morning.” Yet another reason to love Dolly.

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Dolly Parton, on leaving home at 18: “I knew that I had to go. It wasn’t that I wasn’t proud of who I was and where I was from. But I had a dream, and I just couldn’t imagine myself [like my mother]. … I wanted to do something with my music. I knew I was going to leave when I was 18 years old. And I graduated from high school on a Friday night, and I left for Nashville on Saturday morning. I was ready to go.” (Image: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images Entertainment.)

“I graduated from high school on a Friday night, and I left for Nashville on Saturday morning.” Yet another reason to love Dolly.

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    I heard this while driving around Portland and smiled. Dolly Parton is tops.
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    Caught this interview while testing...recipe yesterday,
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    Dolly and I should be friends. See you soon, Nashville. :)
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    One of oh so many…
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    morning.” Yet another reason