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" I was probably 7 years old when I started playing the guitar and writing some serious songs. "
Dolly Parton
Old
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Started
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" I think I've got my business notions and my sense for that sort of thing from my dad. My dad never had a chance to go to school. He couldn't read and write. But he was so smart. He was just one of those people that could just make the most of anything and everything that he had to work with. "
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" No one could have been nicer, classier nor better looking than Dick Clark. I've had a crush on him since I was a teenager. "
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" I do remember how it was to be poor. I do remember that in my early years, we had to grow and raise all of our food, even our animals. And I remember in my early life, we didn't even have electricity. So it was very, very hard times then. "
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