Most of us knowDolly Partonthe singer and entertainer.

So I look at my life with that every day and think that God expects it of me.

I expect it of myself, and I think people expect it of me.

Dolly Parton

If I can be an inspiration, then I want to be that.

That makes me feel good."

“I understand people having to make themselves known and felt and seen,” Parton toldBillboard.

Dolly Parton on Sirus XM

“And of course Black lives matter.

Do we think our little white a***s are the only ones that matter?

God is the judge, not us.

I just attempt to be myself.

I venture to let everybody else be themselves.”

Parton doesn’t just talk the talk.

“There’s such a thing as innocent ignorance, and so many of us are guilty of that.

This is a business.

We’ll just call it The Stampede.'

As soon as you realize that [something] is a problem, you should fix it.

Don’t be a dumba**.

That’s where my heart is.

I would never dream of hurting anybody on purpose,” she said.