EXTENDED INTERVIEW: Dolly Parton on Plastic Surgery and Her 47-Year Marriage | 60 Minutes Australia

That must be Ray. >> It is indeed, Miss Dolly. Loving to see. >> It must be Dolly. How are you? >> Love to see you. Great. Thank you. Thank. you. My wishes. >> Well, they tell me you have quite a. popular show there. Yeah, we do. >> You're the You're the guy there. >> Well, we've done a bit over the years. >> Yeah, that's what I've heard. >> I just can't. Well, that's I I guess. that's because you hadn't been there, but we used to get We had a daytime show. that was an hour and a half that I used. to host and we had everybody come. >> How long you been on the air? >> Almost as long as you've been singing. About 40 Well, as long as you've been. married. 47 years I mean since I started.

>> and I I had 10 years in New York in that. period that 70s when you were. >> you really came to the form and I was. there as correspondent for 10 years. >> Well, we're holding up good. >> We are considering tellingbody. No, you. are. >> Well, everybody knows how old we are. >> Oh, that's right. That's always the. thing that throws me so bad when we go. to Australia or to England is the uh. other side of the road because I'm. always going cuz it's like somebody's. coming right at you. So, it's strange. driving and I don't have to drive. Thank. God.

>> Mr. Dolly, thank you. Lovely to meet. you. >> Well, thank you so much and thanks for. having me. >> Last Now, you you talk a lot about um. >> I talk a lot. >> No, no, no, you don't. About your hair. and your makeup and your clothes. How. long did it take you this morning to. look so beautiful? >> Well, thank you for saying that. But it. didn't take long at all because I did my. own makeup early. I always do my makeup. early in the mornings anyway. No matter. what's going on, I always put on a. little makeup. So that takes me 30. minutes, 20, 30 minutes. And then when I. got here on the set, I have the girl.

that does my hair. She's got wigs all. lined up for each outfit and each. interview that I'm going to be doing. How many wigs you got? I jumped under. it. Well, I say there's 365 days in a. year, so I must have at least 365. But I usually wear wigs for all the show. stuff. I do have hair, but I usually, you know, just kind of wear it up in a. little scrunchie or something just with. my casual little clothes. But when I'm. performing or out in public, I like to. wear the wigs because they're handy. >> Was Is there ever a home alone period? Is there a time when you can No wigs, no.

makeup, no nothing, no high heels. >> Oh, yeah. But but seldom, even at home, cuz I'm so little, I wear my high heels. I can't even reach my cabinets unless I. put my shoes on. But yeah, of course, you know, there are times when you you. know, I don't I'm not overdone. Let's. put it that way. But I always try to put. on a little makeup for my husband and I. always fix my hair a little bit. you. know, fluff them with some hot rollers. or put them my hair up in a scrunchie. because I don't want to look too tacky. for him, look good for everybody, and. then go home and look like hell for him. So, I I tidy up a little bit, but I'm,

you know, I have my I have my downtime, but still, I like to kind of fix up a. little bit. >> When was the last time you were able to. simply just go out, get in the car, go. out, go downtown, go to the store? >> Well, I could do that now. You mean. without fixing up? I wouldn't do that. because everybody knows who I am. People. know my voice as much as they know how I. look. But I always, you know, I always. see all these people, these celebrities. going out in public and they look awful. I think, oh, I wouldn't want somebody to. get a picture of me looking like that or.

in a mug shot. I'd be afraid I'd get. arrested on the way to the grocery store. for speeding or something. Then I'd have. a, you know, but I always, if I'm going. to go out in public sincerely, uh, the. least I can do is tidy up a little bit. in case you get caught or had a an. accident or somebody had to come. I. wouldn't want to get arrested for. indecent exposure. >> But is that the price of fame? Was there. is it decades ago since you could jump. in the car and just go to the store and. not be recognized? >> Well, I actually can go to the store. It's like everything else. It's just.

like with the paparazzi and all the. celebrities. I know where I can go and. when I can go. My husband and I often go. to the to the grocery store because I I. love to cook, especially around. holidays. I like to go pick out certain. things that I know I particularly that I. don't trust anybody else to get. So we. can go to we can go shop like at. midnight and we're both very early. risers and there are grocery stores that. stay open 24 hours. So I can go into the. grocery store anytime after midnight or. 3 or 4:00 in the morning and go shop.

Just go down the aisle. People know you. in there cash register but I still you. know I don't I don't dress exactly like. this but I have a little makeup on and a. little you know. >> So you can do it. I do anything I want. Same with restaurants. I know where I. can go. If I say I want to go to this. restaurant and I know the paparazzi is. there, I know to expect that. If I don't. want to be bothered with any of that, I. know some other fine places to go where. they don't hang out. So, you just kind. of have to pick and choose what you. want. But I I've never really suffered. for it. It's been worth it's been worth.

the sacrifice for me. >> When did looking good become important. for you? >> That was important to me when I was a. young girl. And even if I hadn't become. a star, I would have still had I would. have wanted to wear too much makeup, too. much hair because I am the backwoods. Barbie. I love hair, makeup. I love, you. know, shiny fancy clothes. But I guess. when I was about 14, 15 years old, it. became very important to me how I. looked. And ever since then, I have I.

have tried to, you know, I used to even. before the Fredericks of Hollywood. push-up bras came out, I used to steal. the shoulder pads out of my grandma's. coat so I could push them up a little. bit so I could get, you know, a little. more of a that look. So, I was always. kind of wanting to be a little more. >> You know, a couple of women said to me. when I said I was coming to interview. you, they said, these are grown women, and they said they can remember as as. kids, um, getting two balloons under the. t-shirt and running around the backyard.

like Dolly Parton. You see what you've. done? >> Two balloons. I had my own balloons, but. I push them up a little. And of course, I had them blown up a little bigger as. the years went by. But in in the early. years, when I was just a little kid, though, I we used to we lived out in the. country. We were very poor people, but. what we had poke berries, a wild plant. that grew that had berries that stained. And I used to paint my lips with that. and it would not come off. It just. stained. It would stay on for days. And. my daddy used to blister my bottom. because, you know, he thought I had on.

lipstick. And I'd say, "No, daddy, it's. my natural color." He try to rub it off. It wouldn't come off, of course. But we. used to paint jewelry with that with the. pope berries, make sandals, you know, and I was always doing that. You said. that you weren't naturally beautiful. You said that you think you and Well, those early shots of you, you're very. pretty. >> Well, thank you. But it's not a natural. beauty, but you got to have a canvas, I. guess, to paint on. I, you know, I'm not. a striking beauty. And I know that. I. guess that's always one of the reasons. I always like to wear too much makeup.

Always wanted to be prettier. Always. wanted to be more. Um, but I was not. born like some people are that they look. good without anything on. That's not me. But again, can I just say that those. those early photos I've seen of you. almost in the in the mountains um as a. very pretty girl. I just wonder where. that point was where you decided you. needed cosmetic surgery and all these. additives for for what was pretty. >> Well, I didn't have plastic surgery till. long after I was a big star. I didn't. have any kind of plastic surgery till I.

was 40 years old. Well, I did have my. boobs uh expanded a little and but uh. but I had nice boobs even then, but I. didn't have boob surgery and any of that. till I was already grown and in. Nashville and already, you know, on TV. But I didn't have anything done on my. face till I was 40 years old. >> What What was there a moment? Was there. something? >> Yeah. Well, it's just I'm the same as I. am right now. It's like you think, oh, you got a little few little bags under. here and you're going to be on camera. If they can do something about that, well, then go tidy that up. And when.

collagen and Botox came out, you know, I. thought, well, I'll never graduate from. collagen, you know, that's just too good. of a thing. It's just natural protein. where they kind of smooth out your. wrinkles. So, uh, I just do whatever I. need to. And because we've talked about. it and talk and people make more of. anything because it's been talked about. so much and because I'm so open about. it, people think that I've had so much. more than actually what I really have. had. I've had plastic surgery. is I will. have it again when I need it. If I need.

a little nip or tuck or something here. and there, but for the most part now. after you get that stuff about as done. as they can do you, then you use the. Botox and you use the collagen. It's all. just surface stuff. >> But with respect, you don't age. I mean, will you look like this at 100? >> I will if I live to be 100. >> Will you? >> I hope. That's the fact. But but do you think I. mean there's a lovely moment in the in. the in the Queen Latifah movie in which. you say we were fighting and you say to. her look I am what I am and she says no.

you about five operations ago. >> Yeah. That's what I say. Why shouldn't. you know? It's like who gives a rat's. behind if if I had a few little nips and. tugs, you know? It's like and I'll do. it. You know I I just look at myself. every now and then. Every few years it's. just like having an automobile. You got. to keep it up. Or a show dog or a show. horse. You've got to groom them. If. you're going to be in front of the. camera, you should know. You probably. sit and look at yourself now and then, don't you, and think, oh, I wonder, you. know, but for men, it's not as easy.

because you you. >> I just age. I just do it. I'm not saying. you need it. But I'm just saying as we. get older, you start noticing, well, could I get that smooth out a little. with a little collagen or is that going. to take a knife or whatever? But if. you've got the money, if you've got the. nerve, if you've got the desire, at. least get somebody good, though. Don't. just go have anybody whacking on you. because that can be a. >> that can be a bad thing. >> But but how did the granddaughter of a. preacher man become so sexy and so. sassy? >> Well, I don't know. >> My grandpa thought I was going to hell.

in a hand basket in the early days. But. after I became popular, one of the songs. I wrote was called Daddy Was an Oldtime. Preacher Man. It was about my grandpa. Oh, he thought I was fine after that. >> You know, he you know, after after that, he'd just meet people on the street. You. know, Dolly Parton, that's my. granddaughter. You know that song, Old. Time Preacher Man? Well, that's about. me. Because after he saw that, you know, I was going to be okay, I was going to. make a living and that I wasn't as. trashy as I looked, that was just the. way I looked, he I guess he just prayed, "Lord, forgive her. She knows not what. she does.".

>> And just let it go. >> And is the story true that there was a. the town who was your model or. role model? >> There was this woman in our town that. was the town or prostitute, I. suppose, cuz she would, you know, she. walked up and down the street. She was. beautiful, though. She had all this. yellow beautiful hair. And I tell this. story, but it is the honest truth. But. she had her red lipstick. She looked. like me. I mean, seriously. I mean, she. she had the look that I have is that. overexaggerated, overdone. But I thought.

she was beautiful. She had the tight. short skirts and the high heel shoes. with little goldfish that little plastic. goldfish that moved around inside. I. just thought she was beautiful. And we. didn't have anything like that in our. hometown because we would get to go to. town on occasion, you know, because we. lived way up in the mountains, but if we. had to go for whatever reason, but. anytime I would see her, I just thought. she was the prettiest thing I'd ever. seen because we didn't do movies. We. didn't have beauty movie stars, we. didn't see that. So, the first glimpse I. got of that, it it imprinted in my head.

and I thought, that's how I want to look. and that's how I do look. >> And what did mom think and what did dad. think? Well, I got whipped all the time. Did you really? >> Yes. All the time. You know, like saying. that I look cheap and I couldn't wear. this, I couldn't wear that. >> I would do it though. I wasn't afraid. You know, I would do it. Even if I had. take it off, I'd still do it again. And. then my mother was more understanding. She got it. She got me because she knew. I was She knew I was fine. >> Yeah. >> She knew I had talent and she knew that.

I had an idea of who I was. And she uh. she didn't punish me for that. She would. still say, "You better get that off. before your daddy gets home or. whatever." But my mother was the one. that I could talk in when I started. singing on radio and TV when I wanted. little outfits that were a little lower. or if I wanted, you know, mama to fix. something, she'd say, "Now, uh, >> you know, you're going to get me and you. in trouble with your daddy or whatever.". But she would help me with that. >> And and you were on radio very early. I.

mean 10 or 11. >> singing there and a bit of a celebrity. if not a star by teenage years. >> Yes. >> So you're already on track for. single-minded about it. Was it Dolly? >> Very. >> I knew what I wanted the first time. >> What did you want? >> Well, I wanted to be out in the world. I. wanted to stand in front of people. I. wanted to perform the first time. Well, I wanted to sing because I could write. songs and I could play and I just wanted. to get out in the world. I didn't I just. wanted to be out amongst other people. I. wanted to go places. And my uncle Bill.

Owens, my one of my mother's brothers, he also played guitar and he used to. take me around and he's the one that you. wrote with him, didn't you? >> Yes, we wrote a lot of a lot of songs. together and we're still wonderful. friends today. We still try, you know, get together every winter and try to. write a few songs. But he he would take. me around all these places and the first. time I ever stood in front of an. audience at the Cass Walker Show, which. is a man that owned a chain of grocery. store, supermarkets, and he sponsored a. show. So when there was an audience out.

there and I went out and I sang. My. uncle Bill played and I played and I. sang and they just tore the house down. and they wanted me to do it again and. again. >> How'd you feel? >> I felt like I had come home. >> Did you? >> Yes. I And then when we were walk I was. 10. Yeah. >> And then when we were walking out in the. parking lot getting in my uncle's old. beat up car. I said, "Well, they really. liked me, didn't they?" And he said, "Well, I think they really did." I said, "Well, I think this is I'm just going to. always do it." Is it true you had to. stand on an apple crate to reach the.

microphone? Yeah. >> In the. >> in the early days. >> Amazing stuff. Did you write at the age. of five? I read that you wrote Life. Don't Mean Much to Me. >> Yeah. >> Did you write that? >> I wrote a song. It was Well, I would. hear my mama and my aunts and my. grandmother. Oh, they just they would. just sit around and just tell these. awful god awful tales and then somebody. that had been killed in the war, maybe a. son or an uncle or their, you know, a. husband. I would hear all these sad. stories. So I everything really. registers deep on me still to this day. So I would I wrote this song about you.

know like a cy and life don't mean much. and yeah and. >> where'd you get that wisdom at the age. of five? >> Well because of them just hearing them. talk. I just would write I could rhyme. words. I could rhyme words as long as I. can remember. Mama was always fascinated. how I could rhyme words. So I would just. start to write something and I could. just rhyme it and I would just put. together their sentences and things I. would hear them say and talk about and. make a story out of it. >> So while she was warning you about what. your dad would say, she was obviously.

supporting you. She was actually. >> Mama always believed in me. Mama always. got me. She always saw me. I'm very I'm. I'm I'm a lot like my mother uh or my. mother was. You know, I'm very. open-minded, very very spiritual, very. God-loving, trusting, you know, believing all things can come from that. place, but I'm also, you know, funny. My. mother was always had a great sense of. humor, great twist on things, and a bit. psychic. So, I'm a lot like her. And I.

think she saw herself in me and she knew. that I would be the one that could cuz. my mother was a great singer too. She. happened to love my daddy more than than. she loved the music. >> So she stayed with him and. >> Yes. And I but there were 12 children in. in your family. How come Dolly Rebecca. stepped out of that? How come you. stepped out? >> Well, now I am not the only talented. one. I'm just the one that uh got lucky. because I have so many brothers and. sisters that sing and write and some.

more driven twice. I think I was more. driven and I had a more outgoing. personality. A lot of my brothers and. sisters that sing really good. A lot of. them are more basically shy. >> I never met a stranger. I just thought. everybody liked me. I thought if they. didn't they would, you know. I thought. well because I liked everybody, you. know. I just never there was never a. stranger. It's like that saying, you. know, to me, you know, like a stranger. is just a friend I haven't made yet. >> And that's kind of like my philosophy. So that's the way I always was.

>> Naive, but. >> good innocent in that sense. Innocent. >> Yeah. Innocent, you know. Yeah. Cuz I. was, you know, I still feel like I'm a. good girl. I was a good kid. I just. really I just wanted I just really. believe that it was meant to be. >> What did the kids at school say? What. did your girlfriends say at school when. you said, "Look, I'm going to be a. star." Uh, do they say you're sure? >> Oh, well, some did. My best friend Judy. Ogre was with me since we were just. little kids. She always got me, too. She. was like, "Mama." And what she didn't. get, she accepted. She believed it.

because I said it, you know. She was. very shy. And I, on the other hand, was, you know, so I needed that little God. always has been kind to give me good. people in my life, you know, to help me. And I've always looked at that as. blessings that God gave me, you know, with my husband. But the girl, to answer. your question about friends at school, a. lot of them were jealous. A lot of them. thought I was, you know, it was a joke. Like who, you know, even like when I was. in high school when I got up and said, "I'm going," some there some were.

saying, "I'm going to do this. I'm going. to do that. I'm going to become a nurse. I'm. >> This is graduation.". >> Yes. And then I said, "I'm going to. Nashville to become a star.". >> And there was giggling and and you know, come laughter amongst the crowd. But I'm. sure now I look back on that at the time. it kind of embarrassed me and hurt my. feelings. But looking on that now, why. wouldn't they? Because that was a pretty. big dream. A lot of those were probably. parents that just probably thought it. was funny or got a kick out of somebody. dreaming that big. I don't know. It. doesn't matter. >> Dolly, why didn't you why did you say. Nashville and not New York City?

>> Well, because I New York was too far. away. I know nothing about New York City. at that time. But I knew about Nashville. because we listened to the Grand Old. Opry on the radio back home and country. music. You know, we had in Nashville, uh, they had shows in Knoxville, which. was just 40 miles from my hometown. They. would have some people from Nashville. from the Grand Opera come up and sing on. some of those shows in Knoxville. So, that was not that far removed. And that. was country music. And that's all I knew. at that time. >> Did you want Nashville more than. Hollywood or more nor more than New York.

City? Is is it I mean, did you want to. be a country star more than anything? >> Well, I I was going to be at that time. because that's all I knew. I was going. to be a singer in Nashville. I was going. to become a star. And then once I got to. Nashville and felt all that out, then I. realized there was the Hollywoods and. there was the New Yorks. And so I had to. take it in little doses because you got. to remember I was just a white trash. country kid from way back in the. mountains. I mean, we were really with. no electricity. You know, in my early. days, we didn't have indoor plumbing. We. didn't have we just had a bunch of kids.

living up in, you know, in the woods. And my uncle used to take me to these. places or the the only way we you know I. got out you know from that. So but. anyhow so it was just in small doses is. like today. >> you know today Nashville tomorrow New. York to you know the next day LA. >> but but a white trash country kid um. with a dream with a drive. You were unstoppable. >> Yeah. I I had no intentions of it never. even crossed my mind to ever do it any.

different. So, unless somebody should. take you out of context and say, "You. call me white trash." He did not. I call. myself white trash. >> He would never do that. He was repeating. what I said. So, if you ever get caught. on that, play my part. >> Thank you for that. >> Yes, I understand how people go. But. anyway, so I just uh I was unstoppable. I I knew the second the first time I. ever hit that stage in front of an. audience and had a real microphone that. made real noise that I could hear my. voice amplified and there were people.

responding. I was, it was like a drug. It just shot right into my soul and it's. the way it's been ever since. >> And the Johnny Cash was the inspiration, that sort of character. >> Well, now Johnny Cash, people say Johnny. Cash inspired me as a as a musician. I. had I've read some distortions on that. I loved him to death. My what I said. about Johnny Cash, he was the first. person that I made me understand what. sex appeal was, charisma. I was a young. girl when I saw him. And of course, uh,

he had that that charisma, that charm, that thing that kind of made you feel. stuff inside. And I got a big crush on. him. >> But I realized later he was just doped. up and he was twitching. >> Was he was he? >> No. But he was No, he was great though. I got to know him. He and June were two. of my best friends. But I told him. before I told her to, I said, "Do you. know that he was the first man that I. ever felt anything, you know, really. felt like what sex appeal was and that. I, you know, made me think I was a girl. cuz I was feeling stuff.".

>> So, what is sex appeal? >> What is sex? >> Well, I don't know for sure. It was just. the way he looked. He was just so skinny. and he just was it is the way he moved. That's when I realized what what. charisma was. And I know now that's what. it was. It's that charm. There's a that. thing called charisma. It's a magnetism. that you're drawn to that person and. they it makes you feel something. Elvis. had that. There's a few people. >> You can't teach it, can you? >> No. And it's like Marilyn had that. You. know, there's a there's just a thing.

And Johnny had that. >> and Dolly has that. >> I don't know if I do or not. I don't. look at myself and see that. I'm never. good enough or never whatever. But um. >> you you said men are your weakness. >> Yes. >> You said that a number of time. >> Here's a woman who's been married for 47. years. Yeah. Well, I didn't say I was. dead or blind. I said I was married. >> And and and the stories, the endless. stories of Sylvester Stallone or. >> Well, of course, anytime I ever work. with anybody, I get accused of of, you.

know, having an affair with them. I have. a relationship with everybody I work. with, but that's not the same as as an. affair. >> Is that good for your image? >> I don't know if it's not necessarily. because I'm a married woman. It's not. necessarily good for my image, but I am. a big flirt. I have a big tease and like. I say I don't what I ain't done I'm. capable of doing it and I don't deny or. admit anything. >> That's good. That's good for you. Give me an exclusive. Carl does not. exist, does he? >> That's what a lot of people think. He. might he might as well not, you know, in.

some people's minds. But it's the reason. people tell so much about me is because. they don't see Carl because he will not. get in front of a camera. He hates. >> We should say Carl's your husband. >> Carl Dean is my husband. I've been. married to him since 1966. >> But it's not true that he's got a. Tasmanian running a fishing boat there. >> No, people have us everywhere. They say. we own property everywhere. My husband's. been seen here and there. My husband. never leaves Nashville unless we're we. go to LA sometimes, you know, spend the.

winter. >> Uh he's we went to Hawaii one time. First and only time he's ever been on an. airplane. >> Is that right? Yes. Has he ever seen you. in concert? >> He Yes, he has. But it was years before. he would because he was afraid if I. messed up he wouldn't know what to do. And so one year he he did come and then. after that he's he's he'll come in and. out but he won't go if people knows he's. there. >> And is it true that he goes to see your. movies on his own and then comes back. and critiques them? >> Same thing. Well, he don't critique. them. He'll just say, "I went to see so. and so and that's pretty good." Or, you.

know, he don't really he just goes to. see them. >> But it's same with Dollywood at my theme. park up in East Tennessee. He won't go. if anybody knows he's coming. He He gets. a pass, of course, every year if he just. gets a gold pass. I think so. But he. goes and he just waits in line and he. buys a ticket and he goes in and people. don't even know every once in a great. while somebody on the park will see him. But he tries to make it to where nobody. knows because he just likes to look. around, see what's going on. But anyway, he does exist and he's a fine man. He's.

my best bud and we've been at it a long. time. >> So he's not living in Australia. >> No, >> it's not true. >> No. And it's not true. There's always in. the tablos. We saw something about where. our $450 million. divorce. There was something in the. tabloids. And he said, "Hell, I would. leave you if I thought I was going to. get that kind of money.". >> And I saw the other day that you made. reference your fantasy at the moment. Is. an Australian neighbor is is uh um Keith. Urban. >> Oh, Keith is so sweet. That is the. sweetest guy. I just love him to death.

and I always joke about it, but he now. he's got that charisma. He's got that. magnetism, but I love him. He's so. talented. And I love Nicole, too. >> So, we don't have Nicole running around. Nashville singing Dolly Dolly, Don't. Take My Man. >> No, I don't think I don't think he has. to worry about that. I'm I'm twice as. old as both of them. >> Do you still You You've said 3,000. songs, probably more you've written. Do. you still write every day? >> Not every day, but I always think of. something every day. I always write down. a title or a thought almost every day.

It would be rare that I didn't, you. know, scribble down a title or. something. Even if I'm just watching the. news or something on TV, I'm always. thinking, "Oh, that's a good line." Or, "Oh, that would be a good idea for a. song." So, but, uh, when I do love I do, what I do love to do is to have some. time to write, like to say, "Okay, the. month of October, I'm going to focus on. writing or at least a couple of weeks in. whatever month it may be." and then. really go away, gather up my titles and. my thoughts and a lot of my ideas and.

just take time, take a few days, you. know, to kind of fast and clean out a. little bit, just trying to tune in to. the spiritual realm. And then just. really take time just to write. And. sometimes I can write 35 40 songs, you. know, in a period of two two weeks or so. if I've got really time to write. >> You're such I mean, you're such a lovely. writer. You're such a really good. songwriter. Um, does that please you as. much as singing. >> more than anything? >> Does it? >> I I get more out of my writing because.

it's it's like a therapy. It's like a. joy. It's like I would imagine what like. an artist that paints or a poet that. writes poems. It's just it it gets. everything out of me. It is really. really me. I mean, I love to sing. I. love to sing them. I love to go in the. studio and record the songs I've. written. But I just love to create. something to know that I've left I'm. going to leave something in the world. today that wasn't there yesterday. >> Tumble out of bed and stumble in the. kitchen and pour a cup of ambition.

Yeah. >> Where did that come from? >> Well, that just rolled out of there. >> Is that a great line? >> Yes. I even thought that was a good. line. In fact, my husband loves that, you know, line. He says that's one of. the best lines I' ever heard. But when I. every once in a while when I'm writing. because I write all the time and, you. know, and I'm just I just can do that. But every once in a while I'll come. across a line I think whoa thank you. Lord cuz I know I wouldn't have thought. of that on my own. Ain't that you know. ain't that clever? >> But to even to get Kitchen to rhyme with. ambition in your accent is great. It. works. >> But I just started thinking now what.

would I do 9 to5 because I that was the. deal I made. I'll do this movie if I can. write the theme song. >> Was that it? >> That was part of the deal. Yeah. And so. I was thinking okay now I've got myself. into this now if I was working a. nineto-ive job. What would I do? What I. do every morning, I tumble out of bed. and I stumble to the kitchen and I. thought, kitchen, what'll I do in the. kitchen now? I'm gonna pour some coffee. and think, well, what a rhyme kitchen. Ambition. Cup of ambition. Oh, yes. I. thought, yes, yes, yes. And I really.

thought that was one of my best lines. >> It's a great line. It is indeed. And but. you say with 9 to5, you say that you're. not a feminist. Why aren't you There. wouldn't be many men who've got the. better of you. >> Well, I just mean I'm not a I'm not an. extremist. I really believe I mean I'm. proud to be a woman. I think that every. I I'm a people person. I think everybody. should be respected and trusted. I think. if a if a woman does the same job as a. man, she should be noted for it and she. should be paid for it. And you know. that's as simple as how feel. And I.

never felt that I was ever discriminated. against. But I also had a house full of. brothers. I knew men. I had a great. understanding of men. My dad, my uncles, very close to all of them. my grandpa's. And so I I know the nature of men. So I. was never threatened by that. And I was. also a girl that knew my own self, even. though I looked a certain way. And a guy. might think that he might could have his. way with me. Well, if he got his way. with me, it's because I said so. I never.

went to bed with anybody to get. somewhere. If I did that, I did that. because that's what I wanted to do. I. never did it for those kind of reasons. Nor could anybody make me do it. Now, I. noticed at the your concert in Sydney, which I went to, um, yeah, there were. plenty of men, lots of men, but lots of. women. Are women Why do women identify. with you? >> Well, I think they I've been around a. long time. They relate to the stories. that I tell. They know that I grew up. hard. They know that I worked hard to. get there. But I also write a lot of.

songs that they relate to, like the. Jolans and, you know, the the coats of. many colors. But I really I think they. they're not threatened by me because. they think, "Oh, she's too cheap looking. or she's. >> No, that's not true. That's not true. They're not threatened. In fact, they. see you as a role model because. >> Hopefully they do. Hopefully they do. I. hope I've been an inspiration.". >> Tell me about Jolene. There's a story to. all your songs. But. >> there is there actually that's a. two-parter. There's a truth in both. The. the title, the name Jolene. There was a. little girl when I was working with the.

Porter Wagner show back in the in the. 60s and 70s. um late 60s, early 70s. Um. there was a little girl at one of our. shows and she was a little red-headed. girl and she was pretty as she could be. and she came up to get an autograph and. she said, "Would you sign it to Jolene?". I said, "Oh, that's a pretty name." I. said, "I bet you were named after your. dad. I bet his name is Joe." She said, "No, it's just Jolene." I said, "Well, I. love that name. I'm going to write a. song about you." And so I said, "If you. ever hear a song on the radio u called.

Jolene, you'll know it's about you." And. so I was thinking Jolene, Jolene. So the. rest of the night I was sitting there. signing. I got back to the bus and I was. thinking Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, just so I wouldn't forget the name. Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene. So. that's why the whole course is pretty. much just saying the word Jolene. And I. wrote it down. And then I just started, you know, I thought, well, that is. clever. And I had the little melody. >> Yeah. >> But then also the other part to it, there was a girl that worked at the bank. when my husband and I first got married. And she got a big crush on him. And I.

think he kind of had a crush on her. I. know he was spending more time in the. bank than we had money. So I called him. on it and so I just kind of took that. little bit of you know like that other. woman kind of thing. Although nothing. really ever happened there. >> that you know about. >> No. Well, yeah that I know about. I put. that I would have watched it. I would. have known but anyway I just said hey. that's enough of that you know. So but I. took that. >> took that title and then I took that. idea. Why do you think it resonate? I.

mean, you you make the point that that's. been recorded by about 30 different. artists in all kinds of language. >> The biggest song I've ever That's been. the most recorded song I've ever. written. >> So, what resonates, Dolly? What do you. think? >> Every woman can relate to it and every. man really. Keith Urban sings that in. his show all the time. I actually. rewrote it for a man to sing about a. woman named Jolene. Uh, and he's just. saying, "Don't leave me, you know, just. because you can or don't let him take. it." But he's just talking to his. girlfriend. But anyway, I think women. love it because I think we all know that. there's somebody out there that could.

turn the head of the person that you. love. And you always know there's. somebody prettier than you out there, somebody better than you. So, I think. you always have to be on top of your. game. But I think everybody has that. fear. And it happens all the time. >> because the victim because they're. vulnerable. Jolene's vulnerable, isn't. she? says other girls prettier than so. don't please don't take. >> don't take me just because you can yeah. just don't be just such a flirt you you. know you can have your choice of men but. I am going to only going to love this.

guy because I'm truly in love you're. just playing around you're just flirting. and teasing and you're just you know so. don't mess with him because he's the. only thing I've got. >> they're the sad old love songs that you. write so well beautifully but but I will. always love you is almost the other. that's the woman in charge simply saying. end of the trip end of the Mhm. Well, that's true. I think we all go through. all those emotions, you know, in our in. our lives. Even the the Jolene, it's. just like now I make a joke on stage and.

I'll get back to I will always love I. always say, "Oh, yeah." And I tell the. story about my husband was spending more. time at the bank than we had money. And. I said, "But every now and then, >> uh, I look at him sleeping in that lazy. boy chair and I think, where's Jolene. when I need her? We have him now. Go get. him.". >> Too late. >> Yeah, it's too late. But anyway, so but. getting back to the I will always love. you. I think that so many of us uh can. relate to that. In fact, I've had people. tell me that they they played that song. at funerals. Yeah.

>> You know, when they you know, like when. their this one woman told me that her. they did their father couldn't. communicate with him. >> and that that he wanted to play that. when he was sick and so they played it. at his funeral saying, "I hope life. treats you kind talking to his children. and I hope you have all you ever dreamed. of. I wish you joy and happiness and. above all this I wish you love. Then. I've had people tell me that when their. son or daughter went off to college, left home that they loved that song. It. was like bittersweet memories. And so. I've had so many people relate to that.

But of course, I wrote it as a love song. and so many people relate to it with. that with a relationship this, you know, whether you're divorcing or whether. you're just breaking up or whether. you've had an extrammarital affair that. you know can't go on forever, but you're. going to always love that person or. whatever. And in my case, I wrote it. because of the Porter Wagner show. Porter Wagner was a man that had his the. number one syndicated country music. television show in America for many.

years. And I when I started with his. show, I'd said I would stay for five. years. Well, we became so popular as a. duet. Five years came, I wanted to go. because I wanted not just be a part of. another group or just the girl singer in. the Porter Wagner show. I wanted to have. my own show. But we had a lot of. trouble, a lot of lawsuits, a lot of. fights and stuff over it. And I thought, well, he's never going to listen to me. So I went home and I wrote that song. that to say, you know, because there. were many parts of him that I loved. So.

many parts of him that I despised. because we just like we were like this. all the time. We were very similar in. the fact that we knew who we were and. what we wanted. Yep. >> And I wanted to go. He wanted me to. stay. So I wrote that song to say, "I. will always love you for what you've. done for me. There's a part of me that. will always, you know, care about you.". So that came straight from my heart. And. you knocked Elvis back on that. >> Well, in defense of Colonel Tom and. Elvis, Elvis wanted to record it and had. planned to had it worked up for his.

session or was planning to come to. Nashville. They had invited me down to. the session if I wanted to come. And. then the day or so before, Colonel Tom. called me and said, "Now, you do know we. don't record anything with Elvis unless. we get half the publishing." And I'd. already had number one hit. It was. already my copyright. And I said, "No, no, I can't give you have of a copyright. that's already, you know, proved. itself." He said, "Well, then we can't. do it.". >> Is that what Elvis always did? >> No. Yeah. With Colonel Tom, everything I.

guess he he recorded, they had. publishing or half publishing. >> How did you feel? One minute Elvis. felt. terrible cuz I had to say no because I. couldn't give cuz you know when you when. you're a writer when you're a publisher. you know your copyrights are that's like. what you're going to leave for your your. family or for your own people. So I said. no I can't give you half of it. >> You don't say that to us do you? >> Well I didn't say it to Elvis. I said it. to but I cried all night because I'd. already told everybody else was. recording it. So I was embarrassed about.

it. I just said I just had to make a. business decision. He didn't do it. though. Do you think now could you. imagine Elvis singing that song? >> Yes. As a matter of fact, I wrote a song. called I Dreamed About Elvis. >> and uh in the song I talked about. different things and and I got a Elvis. sound alike. A guy here, Ronnie McDonald. sounds exactly like him. So then I got. to do a duet. In fact, I've recorded it. I was hoping to put it in the Blue. Smoke, my new CD. I'm not sure it's.

going to make it now, but I did record. it. I did it on stage for a little while. and uh but anyway, so I sang I will. always love you with Elvis, a little. little strip of it and I said something. about well after all this is my dream. because we talked about the Colonel Tom. and all. I said and it would be a dream. come true if maybe. >> I would sing it now and or you could. sing it now and I'll sing along with. you, you know, kind of thing. So then we. did I will always love you. Lovely. >> Sounded great. But yes, I've always. thought, "Oh man, that would I mean, everybody, a lot of people think I lost.

my mind to not have done it.". >> But. >> but then comes Whitney Houston. She. comes. What did you think of that? >> Oh, I thought it was incredible. >> It's amazing. >> It was amazing what she did with that. You know, that goes to show you though, if you've got a good song, it's a simple. simple melody, easy to sing, and it's a. good it's a good story. It's it's a a. message that fits anytime, anywhere. And. then with her with that voice and with. David Foster doing that brilliant. arrangement production on it. I mean it.

was just incredible. >> How did it make you feel like when. someone was made I thought my heart was. going to you know was going to bust when. I first heard it. In fact I heard it on. the radio. I was I was still driving at. the time. I was driving from my the. office uh my office downtown to my house. out in in Brentwood which is probably 30. minute drive and I just had the radio on. and all of a sudden I just heard that. that a capella part by and I was. listening it was like one of those. things I thought what is that and it was. like should stay because I didn't know.

she had recorded it. I knew they had. asked me about it. >> and I had any no idea that they had done. it. They had somebody had called to say. they might do it in in a movie, but I. hadn't heard it. They hadn't sent me. anything. And then when she I thought. that's my song. And then when it went. into and uh I almost wrecked the car. I. had to pull over and you know to listen. to it. But it was like somebody had just. poured hot water on me. It was just the. most incredible. >> feeling you can imagine. You can imagine.

as big as that was and as beautiful as. that was and as great as she sang that. and with all that music and that my. little simple song, you know, how they. had just it was just overwhelming. It. almost just it was almost just. overwhelming. It was almost, you know, you're have such a joyful feeling. inside. You just felt like your heart. was going to pop open, you know, and it. was like that. >> Made up for Elvis. Made up for Elvis. >> Yeah. Well, it it helped. And then when. she when she died, when she passed away. and along with your friend Michael.

Jackson, um did it make you think of. what a tough business this is about the. price of fame? >> Yes, you always think of that. I did. know Michael. I did not know uh Whitney. that well. I I'd seen her a time or two. different places, but we we were not. close. I did not know her, >> but my two styles of music. >> Yes. But they I I still always know that. they were both very spiritual and very, you know, tender-hearted, very good. people. Little Michael was just like a.

little angel to me. >> And it's just like when Whitney died and. u when they at the funeral when we were. watching that when they lifted her. coffin up and they started singing that. I will always love you. Talk about an. overwhelming. I hadn't cried up to that. I hated that she was dead and my heart. was heavy and you'd hear all the stuff. and you knew it. But it was only when. you know they lifted her up and I knew. that was so final and thinking that I. would forever be attached to her, connected to her. >> because of that song.

>> and just the then I saw my own. >> self. I thought now there'll be two. things, you know, two times that song. will be played at a funeral for sure. That was at her funeral and at mine. I'm. sure that that'll be the song that they. would play. >> Would you ask for it or not? >> Oh, I ain't asking. I'm not asking to. die. I don't want to go anywhere. But I'm just saying I would assume that, you know, it's like that would be. something somebody pick, you know, but I. just thought when they lifted her coffin. up, I thought that's probably. >> one of two coffins that'll have that.

song sung over it. But it was. overwhelming to me. It kind of. >> brought everything kind of home. But and. then the fact that they died too soon. Yeah. >> For the reasons that they did, that's. really hard. I never, thank God, I've. never I never got caught up in that. world of drugs and alcohol and. medications, you know, for whatever the. reasons. >> But it is part I mean, you've you've. steered us with uh the help of God and. help of yourself just in terms of good. judgment, but that is a world of of. music and and and and stardom, isn't it?

>> Well, it is, but you know, they were. both very spiritual, too. >> Yeah. That's what So, I think a lot of. that has to do with what you can and. can't deal with and how you, you know, it's just the personalities. I suppose. one can never say why. >> Yeah. >> But I don't think it's because they. didn't have the faith and didn't believe. because I really believe they did. Maybe. they did the drugs because, you know, it's like I often say, I think a lot of. people get on drugs because they're. trying to get to heaven before time. You. know, they're trying to live in that. world of bliss and that's only going to. be out there, you know, when you get to.

heaven. We're not allowed to have it. yet, you know. So maybe it's just, you. know, maybe we just know that it's out. there and we want to get there sooner so. than we should. >> Dolly, you're the wrong person to ask, but I mean, >> well, how do you know? >> Well, I'm going to ask you. No, I'm. going to ask you the question anyway. But I mean, in that brutal, ugly world. that that shows can be. You have this. reputation of being nice, of genuinely. nice. Genuinely nice. How did you How do. you attain that? How have you. >> Well, now I am just who I am. I'm not.

always nice, you It's like I'm Well, I'm. just saying I'm a person. I want to be. nice. I choose to be good. I choose to. have a good attitude. You have to work. hard at all that. There are times I. don't feel good. And there are some. people that just really get under your. skin. And there are times when I I can. tell you where to put it if I don't like. where you got it. So, oh yeah, I don't. lose my temper often, but I use it. sometimes. >> And I always know, you know, it's like. there's some things you can't let some. people get away with or they will. So, don't you ever think that I'm a.

pushover, but I'm but I'm always honest. I'm always upfront about it. I'll say. whatever's on my mind. And that's not. always, you know, I'm not a I'm not one. of those people that just you have to. say I'm nice all the time or it's going. to hurt my feelings because I want. people to know I am a girl of many. colors. >> I really am. I am a person that I didn't. get where I am. >> by being a pushover. >> Y. >> but I I tried. I didn't mean that, by. the way. I know. No, you didn't. I just.

mean, but I'm just saying to some people. that think, "Oh, I don't like to be. known as a goody goodie. I'd rather be I. don't want to be vanilla. I want to be. Rocky Road. I want everybody to know. that I'm all those colors." And nobody's. ever perfect. Nobody's ever good all the. time and nice all the time. But I choose. to be good. I have a good heart. I was. born with a good, tender heart. In fact, sometimes it goes against me. But I'm. also one of those people that I'm enough. like my daddy. That old redneck. bristles, you know, rare up when I know.

that I'm dealing with something that. ain't right. >> Part of part of that rocky road you. talked about is that back in the 80s, I. mean, it's hard to believe you're always. so happy and bright and bubbly. >> You were in deep depression in the 80s. >> Oh, yes. That that's what I was going to. say. Nobody for for even for people to. say that one, you know, is don't have a. right to do that. But yes, I went. through a a bad period of time back in. the 80s when I was going through the. change. I was having some female. problems. I was having some family. problems, some emotional problems, and.

and I was overweight, and I didn't feel. good about myself at all. So, I got. myself in a in a pretty bad bind. And I. understood at that moment how people do. get on drugs, how people do get on. alcohol, and how people can commit. suicide or do, you know, I didn't do. that because I still kept praying. I. still kept holding on to God and hanging. on to my friends, but it it went through. my mind. Was this also when you pretty. much been banned from country radio? >> No, I never cared about that. >> Okay. >> No, this was I never care about No.

business thing has ever been able to get. me that depressed. I get more angry or. pissed off about those kind of things. than depressed. But, you know, you may. go into some depressions, but no, it has. to be something very personal, >> okay, >> to ever get me into that. Either family. or some, you know, some emotional thing. >> Did you lose this tiny waste of yours? Oh, well I know I had a small waist. It. was just smalling, but I it grew up. around it. But yeah, I got, you know,

it's when I was I was just having, you. know, it was just during that time, you. know, when you start going through that. middle age crisis, middle age spread, middle age change life kind of thing to. where your hormones and everything is. different. But I did. I had a very hard. time. And I had a hard time. Well, God. >> and and just praying and friends and, you know, just trying to hang on. >> and being dull and should be. >> just being me, just saying, "Hey, what's. going on here? Either, you know, get off. your fat ass and do something about it. or go ahead and blow your head off." And.

I thought, "Nah, I ain't going to do. that." You know, no matter, you know, it's like those thoughts just kind of. come and go. But I did. I do though. believe after that that God meant for me. that was a thing that God meant for me. to go through so I could completely feel. for other people about everything. >> Not that I ever judged people but I. still needed to know how everybody. feels. So I have been everywhere and I. and I still get down. You know, it's. like when things don't go right or if.

I'm going through a lot of my my family. problems cause me a lot of stress, but. everybody's does, you know, you worry. I. worry about if somebody in my family's. going through a divorce, if they're. having a hard time, I'm having a hard. time, you know, and so I just I care too. much. So, I still go through that. So, I'm not happy all the time. I wouldn't. want to be happy. >> I love your God God quote from your book. in which you said, you know, you give. God credit, but you get the cash. >> Exactly. He gets the credit. >> He can have the credit. I want the cash.

>> Was it an interesting period for someone. who's written so many songs that when. you you went back and wrote and sang. John Lennon song and a and a Chris. Christopherson and a Dylan, etc., etc. That was different for you because you. used to singing your songs. >> Yes. But actually there's a lot of songs. of mine that I've recorded that I didn't. write, but they were original songs. But. I love doing that just like when I did. Cat Stevens Peace Train. And I in fact. in my new uh I have a new CD um out. called Blue Smoke and it's also the name.

of my world tour that's when we're. coming to see you and all that. But. anyway, in the new uh Blue Smoke album, I did another Bob Dylan song that don't. think twice. It's all right. Wow. >> And I did a couple of outside things. >> Stairway to Heaven is beautiful and I. love that song. >> and really so really uh hypnotic. Do you. understand what it's about? Not really. >> I don't. >> I don't either. But it's just like I. remember when the gold r after the gold.

rush, remember that song Neil Young. wrote? >> I always love that song. I didn't know. if it was about the second coming or if. it's about space people. And so one time. somebody asked him, he said, "What is. that song about?" He said, "I'll be. damned if I think he was probably stone. when he wrote it." But anyway, point is. in my new CD, I actually did Bon Joy's. Lay Your Hands on Me. Uh, and I've done. some other outside, you know, I I. enjoyed doing some cover. >> You've never sung with Bob Dylan, have. you? >> No. >> Could you imagine that doing a duet with. Dylan?

>> Well, yeah, I could imagine. I'd love. it. >> I just did a duet with Willie Nelson. It's the hardest job I ever had trying. to phrase with him. >> Why? >> Well, because he sang so weird. You. would think that our voices would be. >> that we would phrase alike. We both. phrase different, but we don't phrase. alike. I told him, I said, "You're the. hardest person I ever tried to catch.". you know, like not knowing where he's. going. But he we did a a duet of a song. that I wrote, >> but which I love doing. I've sung with. him before, but he's he's a tricky one. to sing with. But I think Bob I could.

sing with Bob. >> What is there? >> That's right. >> It's too hard. I know. But is to to. choose one, but outside of your songs, is there a song that you think, wow, that's got it like a lemon song or a. McCartney or something? Anyone? Is there. a song on a desert island that you'd. you'd grab and listen to? Well, there. are lots of songs that I love and I've. often thought that I would love to. someday just do a whole album of songs. and maybe call it these are a few of my. favorite things or something and just. really do some of the the great songs.

that I've loved, you know, through the. years on just one whole album. I might. do that someday. >> Is there one you can think of? >> No. >> Okay. Okay. >> Or I'd have done it. >> Okay. Let me just quickly move on time. in terms of movies. Let's talk to movies. because we we have access to them. Um, is it true that in kissing scenes you. were embarrassed? >> You know, it's always embarrassing when. you have to kiss somebody in front of a. bunch of people, you know, unless you're. a pervert, you know, or doing a porn. film. Maybe you'd enjoy that. But when. you have to, you can't just kiss.

somebody in a movie. You've got to get. your head just right. The lighting has. to be right. You have to angles have to. be right. And and in fact when I uh. kissed Bert Reynolds in the best little. wh house in Texas, you know, Bert had. his mustache and he has it blacked. He. had some black on it. and. >> I know it's coming. >> and it was like it's so funny cuz then. we we did our scene, you know, and I. guess they got whatever that scene was, but then when we pul back, I look like.

I've been sucking a s, you So it was. like my I was all dark around had a. ring. So then we had to clean me back up for. that kiss. So it's really it's not just. a kiss. You can't just like lay into it. The only person I ever kissed in a movie. that I haven't really felt anything from. was James Woods. Oh Lord, he was the. best kisser. Uh we did u in fact I Well, I mean it's like I say that and people. say, "Oh, you can't say that." I said, "Yes, I can.". But you know you you know you have to.

but it is awkward and you do feel. embarrassed but at least you know with. him it at least I enjoyed the kiss. >> The only time though. >> were those movies were was it acting or. was it being a part of Dolly? >> Oh it was acting. I would have rather. kissed him in the dressing room. >> Okay. >> That would have be Dolly. >> in the hall or in the dressing room on. the way out but on set. No. That's I'm. I'm always uncomfortable anyway. you. know, when I'm doing movies because I. never learn. I mean, I don't know.

anything about the movies and I have the. worst time finding staying on my mark or. playing to the lights. Some of those. people have that just built in them. because they learn that. But because I. was already grown, the first movie I. ever did was nine to five and I'd never. even seen a movie made on a movie set, you know, to do that. So, I just do this. and I've never learned. See, to me, it's. a big deal to just learn my lines, to be. talking to the person in front of me,

and so I don't think all that other. stuff. >> and it's like you have to think so much. I don't like that. >> Well, you look like a natural. Still, Magnolia was was a fantastic place. Well, some's easier than others, but I. still have, you know, a little trouble. with finding my marks or staying on my. mark or they'll have to do another scene. because I got off my mark because I'm. more interested in the more like a play, you know, like where you. >> where you're really just acting, >> making money or making music, which. pleases you more. >> Music. >> Would you do it for nothing?

>> I would. I would. than I have. I even if. I hadn't have made it, I'm certain that. no matter what I'd have to be doing for. a living, I'd be saving up a little bit. of money, I'd be trying to still record. a a CD. I'd still be singing at some. little nightclub somewhere. I would. always have done that. >> You talked about charisma earlier. Kenny. Rogers once said about you that that the. dolly takes up a big space. I think that. was him saying charisma. Do you. understand what it is or do you just do.

it? Oh, I don't understand anything other. than being who I am. I mean, if I. >> He meant that as a big compliment, didn't he? You. >> I guess because I'm Maybe he just meant, you know, I'm a little person to take up. a lot so much space. Maybe he meant my. mouth. I don't know. Well, whatever it. is, you know, I love what I do. I always. feel like I need to be more. I want to. give more. I want to do more. So, I. don't know if um you know, it's it's a. lot for you know, it's. >> Could you imagine at your tender age.

retiring? >> No, I'll never retire. You won't? >> Unless I was sick or my husband was. sick. I've always said that. I would I. would definitely if I had to pull back. to take care of him, I would. Or if I. was too sick to do it, but as long as. the Lord lets me uh be on my feet and my. mind and if I can keep my voice, uh then. I'm going to do it. >> because you love it. >> Because I love it. Yeah, >> I can't imagine my life without my music. or my life without the business end of. my music either. I mean, I love what I.

do. I love my job. Love it. >> So, what was it about Australia you. didn't like to stay away for 30 years? >> Oh, I loved Australia. I. >> But you didn't come and visit us. >> I know. But you live so far away. I. mean, it ain't like you just say, "Oh, I'm going to pack an evening bag and I'm. going to Australia for a minute." You. got to plan it. It's like you got to. think for months and you got to go a. long ways and you're going to have to. stay a long time because this is a long. way back. >> You got to bring your bus buses. >> Hey, you know we do. It's just is some. of the most fun things. We have two. buses and it takes I think about six or.

eight weeks from on a slowboat from. England. They've sent them over to. Australia where they've built them in. England. >> Are these bath these bathtubs in the. bath? >> Yes, we have a shower and a and a. bathtub but we have to have them. different because I don't like to fly. We do fly. We have a private jet, but I. don't like to fly if I don't have to. So, if I can stay on the bus, it's like. home to me. It's like all my things. I. can have my things there. But I live on. the bus. I never stay in hotels, whether. we're in England or whether we're in the. States or whether we're here. I love the.

bus. So, we've got the buses coming. over. We got about 80 people in our crew. that we'll be traveling with. I think. we've got about eight buses and eight, you know, we just got all kinds of. trucks. Eight, eight or 10 trucks, you. know, with the equipment. >> But what warning, Dolly? What warning. you got to give us this time about. coming? What should we be prepared for? >> Just be prepared for me. I'm I'm little. I take up a lot of space. You be. prepared for my buses. Maybe that's what. Kenny Rogers meant. I take up a lot of. space because I have all these buses and.

trucks and airplanes. But actually, we're going to have a fun time. We're. the show is going to have a lot of. medleys of of my hits through the years. We've worked up a lot of new stuff. because we didn't want the fans to have. hear the same thing. So, we've worked up. more put more of the old hits, the big. hits in and medleys, doing some of them. straight through. And then we'll have. our comedy. I'll be playing different. instruments. We'll be playing all the. hit songs. We'll have our gospel stuff. A lot of talk, a lot of stories. So, we're ready for you. >> Can't wait. I can't wait.

>> Well, I can't either. >> Thank you. Love you. Thank you. >> Thanks, Fit time. Thanks for talking to. me. You're a good guy. [Music]. >> Yep. I'll go the other side. Thank you. >> Let's get daddy in the middle. He'll. have a He'll have a blonde on his side. Have a dolly on him.