Loud, proud and with bags of energy to rival the younger generation, Dolly Parton, 77, talks staying young in spirit, feeling like a rock star and being Miley's fairy godmother
When Dolly Parton struts into the room to meet OK! in bubblegum pink studs and six-inch high silver thigh boots, it’s fair to say that all jaws drop.
“I feel like a rock star!” she tells us, as she reveals how she’s teamed up with a host of famous friends to embrace her rock ’n’ roll side for the first time, and has recorded new hard-hitting numbers as well as classics like Free Bird, Purple Rain and We Are The Champions. “I’ve been Miley’s fairy godmother all her life and we have a true bond,” says Dolly, who previously sang and toured with her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus. “She is like a daughter, or a sister to me. I said, ‘I want to do Wrecking Ball and you’re going to sing it with me, right?’ and Miley said, ‘Well duhhh.’ So that’s one of my favourite tracks on the whole album. I love that song. I think our voices really blend well.
Sadly, the man she admits was her all-time favourite collaborator, the late Kenny Rogers, is no longer around to get involved, but Dolly remembers him fondly. “We had a wonderful, wonderful bond and our voices were great. We were a really lovely team,” she sighs. “I sat him down to listen to the whole thing and he said ‘it’s really good’,” she beams. “He’s kind of a quiet person, so to me that was like somebody else jumping up and down saying it was the best thing they ever heard. He was proud of it, so that made me feel good. I wanted to please him more than anybody else.”
“We started the programme thinking it might be in our home county but it caught like fire and now we’ve given away 200 million books. Dad was proud of me and every time I talk about it I feel close to him.”
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