Upstate New York Country Music Fans Tribute Dolly Parton
As we showcase tributes and features to remember Dolly Parton, we now put the spotlight on her fans! If there is anyone that knows what to say, it's her loyal followers. We asked many of our listeners to share their favorite songs, movies, quotes and feelings about Dolly. And here's what they said...
Favorite song- 9to5 of course
Favorite movie-Smokey mountain Christmas. Watch it every Christmas! Grew up with my mom watching it with us kids. Now I share it with my kids.
Favorite quote- It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen
Favorite charity- the imagination library
Shelly Bessey
Favorite movie and song: Coat of Many Colors
Favorite Memory: with my gram when I was younger listening to radio in the kitchen asking her why she wore bright red lipstick as she was applying it She looked at me and smiled and said "Because Dolly does". I didnt understand then but as I got older I knew what she meant.
Zac LaPoint
Dolly made sure that we all had a seat at the table, and saw our lives reflected in her art. It didn't matter if it was popular, she always led with love, light, grace, and abundant welcome. She was the best of America.
Anna Sutton
Favorite song- 9 to 5
Favorite movie- Steel Magnolias
Favorite quote- “Find out who you are and do it on purpose”
Favorite charity- The Imagination Library
Favorite memory- when I heard about Dolly’s death, I went to Aqua Zumba and at the end when we played 2 Dolly Parton songs, a squirrel came up to the pool and sat and watched us while the songs played
Debbie Vaughn
Favorite Song - Jolene & Hard Candy Christmas
Favorite Movie - Steel Magnolias
Favorite Quote - Find out who you are and do it on purpose
Favorite Charity - The Imagination Library
Favorite Memory of Listening to Dolly - Blasting 9 to 5 on my way to work and singing it LOUD lol
Cheryl McCarty Knott
I could not possibly pick one song as her songs told great stories. She was a true inspiration and an amazing person. I would say 9 to 5 still makes me laugh. She will be greatly missed.
Coat of many colors is my favorite song of hers, with her emphasis that being rich doesn’t mean you have a lot of money.
Fave movie: 9 to 5
Favorite quote: “If you want a rainbow you gotta put up with the rain!”
Fave charity: Imagination Library
Fave Memory: My grandfather always watched reruns of the Porter Wagner show where Dolly Parton becomes a major star.
Favorite song - I Will Always Love You
Favorite movie - 9 to 5
Favorite Quote - “Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.”
I attended a concert with Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton and loved every song they both shared but the one song I love by Dolly is a Coat of Many Colors. In my book she was the Queen of Country.
Favorite song -Coat of Many Colors, Favorite movie - 9 to 5 and Best little whorehouse in Texas, Favorite charity - Imagination Library. She was the epitome of all things good and kind. She was an amazing songwriter, storyteller, and entertainer, but beyond that, she was truly the best human. She was a very special bright light in this world. There are no words to express how much she was loved and will be missed.
Deborah Jadlos
I Will.Always Love You for SONG
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas for MOVIE
Takes a lot of money to look this cheap for QUOTE
Imagination Library for Dolly's CHARITY
Favorite Memory working on line dance for Forever Country collaboration song. Video.for this song ends with Dolly standing amongst others country singers…
Angelina Addario LaSure
What did Dolly Parton mean to you? Dolly was the nicest person to everyone. She was full of glits yet very down to earth.
Favorite Song- Hard Candy Christmas
Favorite Movie- Best Little Whore House in Texas
Favorite Quote- find out who you are and do it on purpose
Favorite Charity- Imagination Library
Favorite Memory of Listening to Dolly- Watching the Grand Old Opry with my grandfather. It was the first time I heard her sing. I have loved her ever since.
Robin Shatraw
What did Dolly Parton mean to you? Dolly is in all of my childhood memories every holiday mama played loretta & Dolly
Favorite Song coat of many colors
Favorite Movie 9-5 / Coat of many colors
Favorite Quote aI will always love you
Favorite Charity
Favorite Memory of Listening to Dolly - i grew up listening to Dolly she will forever be a part of my life my mama loved dolly n Loretta i know they are both singing with the angels
Robin Peters
Favorite Song I Will Always Love You, 9-5, Coat of Many Colors, Heaven Let Your Light Shine Down
Favorite Movie 9-5, Sweet Magnolias
Favorite Quote Don't get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life
Favorite Charity. Imagination Library
Favorite Memory of Listening to Dolly. How positive she always was and her strong faith, She loved everyone and stayed out of politics
Tammy Watson
Dolly Parton has always represented something much bigger to me than celebrity. She is proof that you can come from humble beginnings, dream beyond what anyone expects of you, become enormously successful, and still never forget where you came from—or the people who may need someone to believe in them.
What I admire most about Dolly is that she turned her success into opportunity for other people. Her generosity, especially her commitment to children, literacy, education, and her community, says so much about who she is. She has never seemed to believe that success is only about how far you go; it is also about how many people you help along the way.
And I love that she has done all of it while remaining unmistakably herself—her faith, humor, intelligence, femininity, Southern roots, big hair, rhinestones and all. She never needed to become someone else in order to be taken seriously.
My favorite Dolly quote has always captured that spirit for me:
“Find out who you are and do it on purpose.”
That one stays with me because there is so much wisdom in it.
Favorite song: Coat of Many Colors. It isn't simply a song about being poor. To me, it is about a mother creating value from what she had, a child understanding that value, and discovering that worth isn't determined by what other people see when they look at you.
Favorite movie: 9 to 5—funny, smart, and far ahead of its time.
But what Dolly means to me most is this: Where you begin does not determine where you can go, and when you get there, don't forget to reach back for somebody else.
That is a legacy worth celebrating
Jennifer Haggart Fedele
Favorite Song Islands in the stream
Favorite Movie 9 to 5
Favorite Quote “It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.”
Favorite Charity Imagination Library obviously
Favorite Memory of Listening to Dolly Hard Candy Christmas on the radio while working in the garage with my dad. He said one time “that is a smart lady right there.”
Cindy Snow
Favorite song is Love Is Like A Butterfly
Favorite movie is A Smokey Mountain Christmas
I don't have a favorite quote!!
Favorite charity is her literature charity!!
Favorite memory was my brother Michael turning up the radio whenever the song Joshua came on!!
Michele Fox Ball
My favorite Dolly song real love with Kenny, Favorite movie 9to5 or Steel Magnolias. She was inspiration to us especially women. I can remember hearing her or her and Kenny together on the radio when I was helping my grandfather on the farm or riding in the car.
Theresa Goff
Favorite song,I will always love you. Favorite movie, steel magnolia and joyful noise.Favorite charity all of them,she had a heart of gold.Favorite memory,seeing her and Porter Wagner when I was 5 at a local county fair.
Bernadette Gilligan
Favorite quote:
If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours.
Scottie Blaine
Song: Jolene
Movie: 9 To 5
Quote: From David Letterman's Top 10 List Dolly's Biggest Pet Peeves " Nobody notices I have a great @$$ too@!"
Charity: Imagination Library
Favorite Memory: When she dressed as a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader a few years ago during a half time show.
Melanie Haskell
Song-Better get to living
Movie- 9-5
Quote-"If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain”
Charity- Imagination Library
My favorite memory was was seeing her whenever she was on Hee Haw
at my in-laws. We watched it every weekend. Anytime she was on it was a highlight.
Michelle Fenn
Two doors down
Steel Magnolias
I’m not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb…and I’m not blonde either
Dolly Parton Imagination Library
Listening to Dolly and Kenny sing on car rides home at night when I was little, so soothing.
Dolly will be missed but wow did she leave a beautiful legacy
Stacey Morris
Coat of Many Colors
9 to 5
Gently, and with a twinkling smile, punking Barbara Walters by saying she might kick her in the shins for referring to her as a hillbilly
Salvation Army
Every collective memory I have of Dolly is a favorite
Mark Petrie
I love her song "love is like a butterfly". I thought she was great in "Steel Magnolias". I love watching reruns of her appearances on late night talk shows. She was very funny...and naughty! Her imagination library charity was an amazing charity, started for her love for her father, who couldn't read or write. Her joke that "it cost a lot of money to look this cheap", always makes me laugh!
Jillian M Fortune
Song- Eagle When She Flies
Movie- Smokey Mt Christmas
Quote- “ Don’t get to busy making a living that you forget to make a living”
Charity- Imagination Library
Memory- Dolly was one of my mom’s favorite. I grew up on her and Reba. They were staples in our house. Her music brings back so many memories of times spent with my mom. White Limousine was my favorite album
Amy O'Regan
My favorite song is 'I Will Always Love You', favorite movie is Steel Magnolias, and my favorite quote is 'Find out who you are and do it on purpose.' One of my favorite memories is dancing in the living room to 'Islands in the Stream' with my mom and dad when i was a little girl
Pictured Above: Dolly's Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and The Empire State Building lit up in Pink sparkle to honor Dolly Parton. (REUTERS/Jeenah Moon)
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