Dolly Parton is showing no sign of slowing down. In fact, she says she'd rather drop dead on stage than retire.
To this titan of country music, retiring is a long way off her mind – in fact, she’d rather just ‘drop dead’ on stage while performing.supports HTML5 video‘I always believe that if you’ve wanted your dreams to come true and you are lucky enough to have that happen then you gotta be responsible because you’ve got to keep the dream alive,’ Dolly said.
During an interview with Ken Bruce for Greatest Hits Radio, the 9 to 5 singer announced: ‘I would never retire!’ She continued: ‘I would hopefully drop dead in the middle of a song on stage someday – and hopefully one I’ve written. That’s how I hope to go.’ Dolly’s chart success began in 1967 with a cover of The Last Thing on My Mind by Tom Paxton, which was a duet with Porter Wagoner.
She had moderate success throughout the 70s, with Jolene and I Will Always Love You storming the US and UK charts in 1974.1980s feature film 9 to 5 solidified Dolly in the public consciousness as the theme song of the same name went straight to number one and earned her an Oscar for best song.
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