WEBVTT - DOLLY PARTON: A Holly Dolly Christmas

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<v Speaker 1>Love Someone With Hello, my friend, and welcome back to

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<v Speaker 1>Love Someone with Delilah. One of the things I love

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<v Speaker 1>hearing from my listeners is how many generations have tuned

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<v Speaker 1>into my radio show. After doing this little radio thang

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<v Speaker 1>for over forty years now, it's not uncommon to hear

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<v Speaker 1>my mom used to listen to you, and I'd go

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<v Speaker 1>to sleep as a kid hearing your voice. Now now

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<v Speaker 1>my kids go to bed listening to you. Today's guest

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<v Speaker 1>on Love Someone With Delilah can also boast of entertaining

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<v Speaker 1>multiple generations of fans. I fell in love with her

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<v Speaker 1>when I was curled up on the floor next to

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<v Speaker 1>my grandparents' woodstove after weekend family dinners. She was on

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<v Speaker 1>a number of variety shows. She was a regular guest

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<v Speaker 1>on he Remember that show? It was on TV. He

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<v Speaker 1>hauw was my grandparent's favorite show, and they were so

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<v Speaker 1>thrilled when she guest starred. My dad, Dick Luke, played

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<v Speaker 1>guitar in a country Western band himself, and he was

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<v Speaker 1>one of her biggest fans. She has remained active and

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<v Speaker 1>irrelevant decade after decade, and is loved by my children.

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<v Speaker 1>After her recent collaboration with the duo known as for

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<v Speaker 1>King and Country. She had a huge hit last year

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<v Speaker 1>called God only Knows Now. Even my grandchildren adore her,

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<v Speaker 1>So think about that. My grandparents loved her, My parents

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<v Speaker 1>loved her, I love her, my kids love her, and

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<v Speaker 1>my grandkids love her. That's five generations. If her amazing

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<v Speaker 1>talent wasn't enough to endear her to millions, her beautiful, warm,

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<v Speaker 1>authentic personality, her eyes that out sparkle even her most

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<v Speaker 1>lavish rhinestone goss dooms. Her unfailing sense of humor, Mostly

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<v Speaker 1>her kind and generous heart would have done the trick anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>I am so privileged to welcome quote the most honored

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<v Speaker 1>and revered female country singer songwriter of all time to

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<v Speaker 1>my podcast today. She has achieved twenty five gold, platinum

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<v Speaker 1>and multi platinum awards. She's had twenty six songs reach

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<v Speaker 1>number one on the Billboard Charts, a record for any

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<v Speaker 1>female artist. I will be back with the One the

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<v Speaker 1>Only Miss Dolly Rebecca parton right after we spend a

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<v Speaker 1>little time talking about the folks who make this podcast possible,

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<v Speaker 1>it's Delilah, Oh, Delilah. Hello, are you taking? Oh my gosh, Dollie,

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<v Speaker 1>you have no idea how much I adore you. Oh? Well, good,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you. I'm such a fan girl. I'm geeking out here.

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<v Speaker 1>My heart is racing a million miles a minute. I

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<v Speaker 1>love you. Don't give me the big head now, I'll

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<v Speaker 1>get to thinking. You are something, Honey. God has blessed you,

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<v Speaker 1>and you have blessed so many people. My sister, who

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<v Speaker 1>is the producer of my podcast, she's an even bigger

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<v Speaker 1>fan than I am. And we were talking about how

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<v Speaker 1>when we were growing up, my grandparents loved you, and

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<v Speaker 1>my parents loved you, and you were on the Porter

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<v Speaker 1>Wagner Show and hehu and when you were on both

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<v Speaker 1>shows in a week. It was like we had won

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<v Speaker 1>the lottery. Well, those are fun shows that goes back

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<v Speaker 1>a long time. But yeah, I've got a huge following.

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<v Speaker 1>It's always fun. I have all these older fans and

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<v Speaker 1>then their kids, like you said, your grandpa and your

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<v Speaker 1>parents and now even some little kids. When I got

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<v Speaker 1>to be on the Hannah Montannah Show with Molly, then

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<v Speaker 1>I had a whole new little group of people. So

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<v Speaker 1>I feel so blessed that I've been able to decade

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<v Speaker 1>after decades, have these little fans coming along. So that

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<v Speaker 1>makes me real proud. I was counting up with my sister,

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<v Speaker 1>my grandparents, my parents, us, our kids, and now my

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<v Speaker 1>grandkids they've discovered you, and it's it's amazing how you

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<v Speaker 1>have the same impact on all of us in our heart.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it's that heart connection. Oh that's a sweet

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<v Speaker 1>way of saying it. Well, I do love people, and

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<v Speaker 1>I always talk about, you know, being brought up with

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<v Speaker 1>such a big family, and all of my people had

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<v Speaker 1>big family. So I see somebody in my family and

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<v Speaker 1>everybody I meet, so I just feel like we're I'm

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<v Speaker 1>always at a family reunion when I go to concerts,

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<v Speaker 1>so when I meet people, I kind of connect with

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<v Speaker 1>every person I did. Somebody already know when I just

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<v Speaker 1>I just enjoyed my life, and I enjoy people, and

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<v Speaker 1>I like things to be good if I make them

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<v Speaker 1>good and try to make people happy. So how are you?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you happy? What have you been doing dear ring

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<v Speaker 1>the coronavirus slow down, shut down pandemic. Well, I've been

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<v Speaker 1>working like usual. I've just been very creative because I'm

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<v Speaker 1>the kind of person that I can't just sit around

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<v Speaker 1>worry about things. I try to make things as right

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<v Speaker 1>as I can. So I figured the best way that

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<v Speaker 1>I can make the most of the downtime would be

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<v Speaker 1>to write songs about it and create things. And so

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<v Speaker 1>I've been writing a lot, and I wrote a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of my Christmas album and did most of my whole

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<v Speaker 1>new Christmas album that's coming out. You know, while we

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<v Speaker 1>were kind of locked down, and we were very smart

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<v Speaker 1>and very cautious in how we worked with wearing our

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<v Speaker 1>mask and doing our social distancing. And I work in

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<v Speaker 1>a very small circle. But I've just been working the

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<v Speaker 1>whole time. I haven't missed a beat. So you touched

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<v Speaker 1>on two things there that I get to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>one is your new song, which is about what we're

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<v Speaker 1>going through when life is good again. Yeah, that's one

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<v Speaker 1>of the first songs I wrote when we were all

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<v Speaker 1>going through this, and I realized people were just panicking

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<v Speaker 1>and they were scared to death and needed a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit of hope and a little bit of light, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>And I just, you know, I just feel like life

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<v Speaker 1>we'll be good again, and hopefully we'll be better people,

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<v Speaker 1>be it deeper and smarter, and maybe have a little

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<v Speaker 1>more love and a little more acceptance. That's what I'm

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<v Speaker 1>hoping if there's something good to come out of this,

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<v Speaker 1>and there will be that. But I did write that

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<v Speaker 1>in several other songs about it. But that's what I do.

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<v Speaker 1>That's how I kind of that's my therapy for myself

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<v Speaker 1>is to write, and so I never let anything get

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<v Speaker 1>me down. I just pray about things and ask for

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<v Speaker 1>a direction and just kind of go with the flow.

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<v Speaker 1>Like a hard candy Christmas, you don't let anything gets

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<v Speaker 1>you down. Yeah, I have to tell you. Even though

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<v Speaker 1>I know it's been hard on the world, hard on

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<v Speaker 1>our country, hard on the economy, life for me and

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<v Speaker 1>my kids was and is so good because I've never

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<v Speaker 1>got to spend this much time with them before. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>there's something good and everything, and that's why I think

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<v Speaker 1>people should really look at all the positive things. I know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's really hard to have to just be whole up

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<v Speaker 1>all the time with kids and not being able to

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<v Speaker 1>go to work yourself because you've got to take care

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<v Speaker 1>of your kids and all. But you still, like you said,

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<v Speaker 1>people have spent more time with their families than ever before.

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<v Speaker 1>So there's a lot of good. There's a reason and

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<v Speaker 1>a season for everything, and I think this is just

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<v Speaker 1>a season we're supposed to be going through, and hopefully

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<v Speaker 1>we'll all recognize what all the reasons are supposed to be.

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<v Speaker 1>So I heard that back in early April, right after

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<v Speaker 1>this hit, you donated a substantial sum a large sum

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<v Speaker 1>of money to Vanderbilt University for research on treating and

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<v Speaker 1>preventing coronavirus. I'm trying to do my part out of way,

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<v Speaker 1>and they're looking for a vaccination of course, pure for it,

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<v Speaker 1>and I thought, well, I'll just get in early on

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<v Speaker 1>it and just don't put my money where my mouth is,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, try to be of help. So I

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<v Speaker 1>was happy that I was able to do that and

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<v Speaker 1>Hopefully they're going to find a vaccine before long, and

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<v Speaker 1>we will have to go through this forever, and you

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<v Speaker 1>get back to some sort of a normal for all

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<v Speaker 1>of us, and get back to where we can get

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<v Speaker 1>out and sing our music and be in concert again,

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<v Speaker 1>and get out and do whatever we want to do.

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<v Speaker 1>But for now, we'll just be smart and do our

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<v Speaker 1>best and hope for the best. And like I say,

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<v Speaker 1>if things get harder, just pray. If it gets harder,

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<v Speaker 1>pray harder. I read while I was doing research to

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<v Speaker 1>get to talk to you, and by the way, Winona,

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<v Speaker 1>who I love and who helped me through the hardest

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<v Speaker 1>times of my life, said about you. She said, when

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<v Speaker 1>you get to talk to Dolly, you're going to feel

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<v Speaker 1>like you're meeting an old friend for the first time.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that, I said, I can't wait. I hope

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<v Speaker 1>I get to talk to her soon. So, uh, Whyona

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<v Speaker 1>is your number one fan, tied with my sister and

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<v Speaker 1>I great great singer. She is right, She's wonderful. What

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<v Speaker 1>a voice, what a late what a heart? What I know?

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<v Speaker 1>I appreciate that. And you never know what people say

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<v Speaker 1>about you too. Somebody tells you what they said. But

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<v Speaker 1>I've always loved her too, and you sound like a

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<v Speaker 1>very personable person. I feel like I've known you too.

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<v Speaker 1>Some people are like that, you feel like you've always known.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what I was saying earlier about everybody being like

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<v Speaker 1>somebody in my family. I think people relate to me

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<v Speaker 1>because I think they feel like I'm like a sister

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<v Speaker 1>or an aunt or somebody that they've always known. Because

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<v Speaker 1>I just love people, and I just like to kind

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<v Speaker 1>of reach out and you know, just kind of touch

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<v Speaker 1>people with love if I can. And really, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a big, old, big male person. I just I

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<v Speaker 1>just love people, so I just try to get in

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<v Speaker 1>there and make people feel comfortable. I think the thing

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<v Speaker 1>that I loved most about you when I was when

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<v Speaker 1>I was, you know, first getting into the radio business

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<v Speaker 1>and following your career is that you have the tenacity

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<v Speaker 1>to say what we're all thinking. But because you say

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<v Speaker 1>it with that sweet voice and that beautiful smile, you

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<v Speaker 1>get away with it. You get away Nobody else could

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<v Speaker 1>have done Nine to five back in the day that

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<v Speaker 1>that movie was a hit. Facing the discrimination we face,

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<v Speaker 1>you girls hit it head on the nail on the head,

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<v Speaker 1>and you got away with it because of who you

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<v Speaker 1>are and the love that you put into everything. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I just love people. I think everybody should have the

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<v Speaker 1>right to be who they are exactly, and I think

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<v Speaker 1>they should be ready, nuge, appreciated, love, paid, and everything

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<v Speaker 1>about that. I just think we're all God's children and

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<v Speaker 1>we're all equal in his eyes. And I think God

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<v Speaker 1>must be a rainbow because he said he created us

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<v Speaker 1>in his image, So we're all colors, grow all styles,

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<v Speaker 1>grow who we are, and I think we should be

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<v Speaker 1>allowed to do that. And I just try to rule

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<v Speaker 1>with love. I let my love go first and everything

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<v Speaker 1>I try to always, you know, Like I said, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't mean to sound religious. I'm not religious. I'm very spiritual.

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<v Speaker 1>I grew up in the church. But I just I

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<v Speaker 1>just kind of draw on that higher wisdom in myself

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<v Speaker 1>and I try to, you know, to think how I

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<v Speaker 1>want to be treated, how I want to be loved.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to be able to be myself, and I

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<v Speaker 1>think people should be able to be free and to

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<v Speaker 1>be appreciated, no matter who, what, or how they are.

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<v Speaker 1>You collaborated last year with such a great group for

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<v Speaker 1>King and Country. I have played them and promoted them

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<v Speaker 1>for several years now and now you have a holiday

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<v Speaker 1>album coming out. I think we should just have Christmas

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<v Speaker 1>like for the next three months. What do you think

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<v Speaker 1>I think we will. I think we're going to have

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<v Speaker 1>it here. We've been. I've been having it since the

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<v Speaker 1>right after the first of the year and writing all

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<v Speaker 1>these song shoes and is always and then recording them.

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<v Speaker 1>So I've been having Christmas. In fact, it is so funny.

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<v Speaker 1>We kind of decorate the areas where we're working with

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<v Speaker 1>Christmas trees and make it feel like Christmas when we're

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<v Speaker 1>when we're working, and we've been doing a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>interviews where they've got Christmas trees and presents and everything

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<v Speaker 1>sitting around. I keep wanting for presidents see what I

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<v Speaker 1>go for Christmas, all the other roof boxes. I think

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<v Speaker 1>we need to just with with this crazy year we've had.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we need to start Christmas now and put

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<v Speaker 1>up the put up the sparkle and the tinsil and

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<v Speaker 1>the lights and focus on that and play a Holly

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<v Speaker 1>Dolly Christmas. A Hillway Dolly Christmas would be good. I

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<v Speaker 1>think that's fun. And I thought I always loved the

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<v Speaker 1>song Holly Jolly Christmas with Girl ives and years ago

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<v Speaker 1>when I had a TV show on my own. He

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<v Speaker 1>was a special guest and I got to sing that song.

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<v Speaker 1>He's the one that made that song famous. And when

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<v Speaker 1>I got ready to do my Christmas album, I thought, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>Holly Dolly Christmas would be clever, clever. Yah. So tell

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<v Speaker 1>me some of the artists that are on your Holly

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<v Speaker 1>Dolly Christmas with you. Well, actually we have six special

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<v Speaker 1>duets on the album We've Got. I wrote a song

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<v Speaker 1>called Cozy Down, Cuddle Up, Cozy Down Christmas with Michael Bublez,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's going to be a single. I think the

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<v Speaker 1>first song off the album. I did wait wait wait

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<v Speaker 1>wait wait wait wait wait wait wait. Don't I know

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<v Speaker 1>that you've been married forever to your husband, but don't

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<v Speaker 1>you just want to cozy down and cuddle up with

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<v Speaker 1>Michael Bubley. He is such a love bug. I love him. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>go on, Sorry, didn't mean to interrupt, But he not

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<v Speaker 1>only is all that, he is such a nice person.

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<v Speaker 1>So we really had some nice conversations and some fun

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<v Speaker 1>and so I think people are gonna love this little song.

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<v Speaker 1>It is a very sexy song. It's about two people

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<v Speaker 1>snowbound and all they got to do is all nothing

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<v Speaker 1>else to do but love on you kind of thing

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<v Speaker 1>and figuring their wine and all that. So it's a

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<v Speaker 1>very cute. We kind of flirt and play in the song.

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<v Speaker 1>But that was fun. And then of course I got

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<v Speaker 1>to do another special friend of mine, Jimmy Fallon. We

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<v Speaker 1>sang the Mariah Carey song All I Want for Christmas's Youth.

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<v Speaker 1>And then Billy Ray Cyrus and I did a duet.

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<v Speaker 1>Molly and I did a duet on the album. Willie

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<v Speaker 1>Nelson and I did a duet. He wrote a classic

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<v Speaker 1>Christmas song many years ago called Pretty Paper. Roy Robson

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<v Speaker 1>had the big record on it, but I thought, well,

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<v Speaker 1>since he wrote it and it's one of my favorites,

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<v Speaker 1>he played us a guitar and we sang on it

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<v Speaker 1>is great. I did a duet with my brother Randy,

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<v Speaker 1>who we sang great together. We had a big hit

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<v Speaker 1>years ago called Old Flames Can't hold a Candle to You.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of people don't realize that was my brother,

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<v Speaker 1>but anyway, he was born in December. He was our

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<v Speaker 1>Christmas baby. So I wrote a song called You Are

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<v Speaker 1>My Christmas. It's a doe. It like a love song,

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<v Speaker 1>and so then we did all those special people, and

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<v Speaker 1>then we did some classes front I saw Mama Kiss

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<v Speaker 1>and Santa Claus and Holly Jolly Christmas is some of

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<v Speaker 1>those wonderful old Christmas songs as well. You're amazing, You're amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>I wish this weren't a phone interview because I so

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<v Speaker 1>want to hug you and just pour my love into you.

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<v Speaker 1>See it. One last thing before you go that I

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<v Speaker 1>want to talk about, because I heard you have hit

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred and forty million your nonprofit Imagination Library. You

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<v Speaker 1>give a book to anybody who wants to sign up

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<v Speaker 1>for your literacy program. Books are donated to kids, and

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<v Speaker 1>there was a big celebration when you hit one hundred million.

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<v Speaker 1>Now what are you at giving books away? Yeah, well

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<v Speaker 1>we are looking to be. One of these days maybe

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<v Speaker 1>we'll give a billion books around the world. But we

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<v Speaker 1>started this whole program twenty four years ago and now

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<v Speaker 1>we're just in different places all over the world, and

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<v Speaker 1>we do give books to children from the Condra born

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<v Speaker 1>They get a book once a month, it comes to

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<v Speaker 1>the mail with their name on it. But anyway, so

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<v Speaker 1>we give books to children until let's start school. And

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<v Speaker 1>so it's a wonderful, wonderful program. I'm so proud of it.

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<v Speaker 1>And now that we've you know, got that many books

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<v Speaker 1>in the hands of children, all we can do is

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<v Speaker 1>hope to get more books there. So that's a program

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<v Speaker 1>I'm very very proud of. You're augmenting that with Goodnight

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<v Speaker 1>with Dolly, where you're reading a different children's book live.

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<v Speaker 1>And I heard you've got over a million streams of

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<v Speaker 1>kids watching good Night with Dolly. Well, that was just

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<v Speaker 1>a one time thing. That was during the COVID, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>when that first started and everybody was holding up for house.

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<v Speaker 1>I just read about nine books from the Imagination Library.

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<v Speaker 1>But everybody's saying, you gotta do this all the time.

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<v Speaker 1>You got to do this all the time. But maybe

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<v Speaker 1>I'll be doing some more. But that we just did

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<v Speaker 1>like eight eight I think we did eight at that time.

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<v Speaker 1>So those eight books have been watched over a million times.

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<v Speaker 1>So thank you, but you're welcome. I enjoyed doing all that.

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<v Speaker 1>I love the kids, and the kids relate to me.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like mother gooch Er, I'm like a cartoon character

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<v Speaker 1>to the kids. Well, weren't you, weren't you on the

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<v Speaker 1>school bus? I remember watching the Magic school Bus with

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<v Speaker 1>some of my kids. And hearing your voice. Yes, I

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<v Speaker 1>was on that years and years ago. I've been on

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<v Speaker 1>almost all those kind of things, Alvin and the Chips.

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<v Speaker 1>I've lending my voice many of those cartoons up things.

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<v Speaker 1>But anyway, we're so excited about the Christmas album, Holiday Dollary,

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<v Speaker 1>Christmas and all these wonderful guests, and I'm just hoping,

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<v Speaker 1>like you said that people going to really be uplifted.

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<v Speaker 1>They're gonna have to pretty much stay at home anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>not totally at home, but they're won't be spending more

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<v Speaker 1>time at home than usual. So maybe they can play

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<v Speaker 1>My Tell a woman enjoy that because I do a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of talking on it too, and kind of you know,

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<v Speaker 1>during the turnaround the instruments, you know, when they play

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<v Speaker 1>the instruments do breaks, they call it. So I talk

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<v Speaker 1>to people and kind of have a little fun. So

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<v Speaker 1>it's kind of like I'm there in your house having

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<v Speaker 1>Christmas with you. So I could like put on a

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<v Speaker 1>really pretty dress and pretend I'm at a Christmas concert

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<v Speaker 1>with you. Yeah, you could, or like you're at my

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<v Speaker 1>house for Christmas. See you how many kids there were

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<v Speaker 1>twelve in your family? Yeah, there are six boys and

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<v Speaker 1>six girls in my family. But I have all these

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<v Speaker 1>nieces and nephews and cousins. And when you were growing up,

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<v Speaker 1>didn't I read that you lived at one time your

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<v Speaker 1>family in a one room cabin. Well, we had two

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<v Speaker 1>rooms and a pant outdoor toilet. So so I said,

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<v Speaker 1>most people grew up in four rooms and a bath.

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<v Speaker 1>We had two rooms and paths and running water when

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<v Speaker 1>we'd run and get it. I went to my great

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<v Speaker 1>grandma's house in Arkansas, and she had she had two

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<v Speaker 1>rooms in a path. And I was like, what are

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<v Speaker 1>you talking about? And my grandma handed me a hoe

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<v Speaker 1>and she said, you got to take the hoe with

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<v Speaker 1>you when you when you go out the path. I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not going to be working in the garden at night.

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<v Speaker 1>And she said, Sissy, you got to take the hope

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<v Speaker 1>for the snakes. I'm like, oh, hell no, no, no, no, no,

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<v Speaker 1>take me home like that for the biggest part of

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<v Speaker 1>my life in the mountains, you know. So did you

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<v Speaker 1>have the hope for the snakes? Did you have did

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<v Speaker 1>you have cotton mouths? You had to work? Well, we

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<v Speaker 1>didn't have cotton mouse in the toilet that was in

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<v Speaker 1>the river. No, I'm saying on the path to the

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<v Speaker 1>to the outhouse. My grandma had snakes. Yeah, we had snakes,

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<v Speaker 1>but not cotton mouth usually out in the water. But

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<v Speaker 1>there were snakes all around, rattlesnake's, copperheaded, black snakes, garden snakes,

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<v Speaker 1>green snakes, all kind of snakes in the mountains. But

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<v Speaker 1>you gotta grow you know, you know that's their home too,

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<v Speaker 1>so you just kind of have to have a hole

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<v Speaker 1>to scoot all away. Yeah, when my grandma said take

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<v Speaker 1>the hoe, I was like, oh, I and I grew

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<v Speaker 1>up on a farm. It's not like I was a

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<v Speaker 1>city girl. But that was taking it a little too

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<v Speaker 1>far way. Ho. You do what you gotta do when

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<v Speaker 1>you gotta go. When you gotta go, you gotta go. Dolly,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for spending this time with us. I am

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<v Speaker 1>so glad I get to play when Life Is Good

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<v Speaker 1>again on my radio show. And I can't wait for Christmas.

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<v Speaker 1>Holly Dolly Christmas is available now wherever you buy your music,

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<v Speaker 1>so I can play have a Holly Dolly Christmas and

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<v Speaker 1>let everybody else hears your beautiful voice. And Billy Ray

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<v Speaker 1>and Michael Boublay and your brother and Jimmy. It's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be wonderful. So thank you, thank you, thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>I can tell you're going to be one. I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to want to hug when we can hug again, when

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<v Speaker 1>we can hug again, I'm going to give you the

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<v Speaker 1>biggest squeeze and just think. I thank God for you.

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<v Speaker 1>I thank God for you and your talent and your

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<v Speaker 1>gift of love. Well, thank you so much. What Merry Christmas?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you? Merry Christmas? Dolly? Thank you? She's an American

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<v Speaker 1>icon known for her musical acting talents, her unapologetic flambuoyant hair,

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<v Speaker 1>her clothing styles, her bling bling bling, her theme park Dollywood,

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<v Speaker 1>and her tremendous generosity towards children, which has earned her

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<v Speaker 1>the nickname the book Lady. She defies stereotype, she defies

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<v Speaker 1>the aging process, and for her entire life, she has

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<v Speaker 1>defied the odds. Dolly Rebecca Pardon, the fourth of twelve

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<v Speaker 1>children born into extreme poverty, has known some bad times.

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<v Speaker 1>She continues to share her unfailing hope with the world

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<v Speaker 1>through her philanthropy and always, always, always her music, letting

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<v Speaker 1>us know that life will be good again. Whatever struggles

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<v Speaker 1>you may be facing, do Dolly and eye crowd, keep

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<v Speaker 1>up your faith your hope and keep changing the world

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<v Speaker 1>from one heart at a time. Dear