VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-26
“Even in the early days, a lot of people told me I should change my look or nobody's going to ever take me serious,”
Dolly Parton · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-26
Parton said on a podcast in 2022 that people told her to change her look or she would not be taken seriously.
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