Dolly Parton Was Everything Good: A 2019 Conversation with Dolly Parton

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Dolly Parton was everything good.In 2019, I had the extraordinary privilege of interviewing Dolly at SiriusXM. This conversation was especially personal for me: I first met Dolly when I was a child through my father, Charles Koppelman, who worked with her during a pivotal chapter in her career. Getting to reconnect with her decades later was emotional, surreal—and every bit as incredible as you would imagine.Dolly and I revisit her history with my dad and the team that helped introduce her music to an even wider audience. She talks about growing up as one of 12 children, the many personalities in her enormous family, and how those early experiences helped her understand and connect with…