Steel Spine, Velvet Voice.
Dolly grew up in a one-room cabin in the Smoky Mountains, with twelve siblings and no indoor plumbing. She wrote her first hit before most folks learn to drive. She’s glitter and grace on the outside, but make no mistake—underneath that rhinestone smile is one of the toughest, smartest women to ever walk through Nashville.
She wrote “I Will Always Love You” and gave it away—twice—and made millions while keeping her dignity. She built libraries, funded vaccines, and opened theme parks in the same town where she grew up dirt poor.
Dolly never forgot her people. She just lifted them with her.
Verdict: SphstRDnck.
Big hair, bigger heart, and pure mountain gold.