Interview with Rolling Stone (30 October 2003), as quoted in "Dolly Parton: At 57, the Country Legend Still Brims With Vitality" (28 August 2015), by Jancee Dunn, Rolling Stone

The way I dress, for the most part, is how most people would dress for a costume party. It would scare most people to death to look this cheap or whore-y, but to me, I’m comfortable. The way I look was really a country girl’s idea of what glamour was. I patterned my look after the town tramp. I thought she was the prettiest thing in the world, with all that bleached hair and bright-red lipstick. People would say, ‘Oh, she’s just trash,’ and I’d think, ‘That’s what I want to be when I grow up.'

— Dolly Parton

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The way I dress, for the most part, is how most people would dress for a costume party. It would scare most people to death to look this cheap or whore-y, but to me, I’m comfortable. The way I look was really a country girl’s idea of what glamour was. I patterned my look after the town tramp. I thought she was the prettiest thing in the world, with all that bleached hair and bright-red lipstick. People would say, ‘Oh, she’s just trash,’ and I’d think, ‘That’s what I want to be when I grow up.'" in the context of "Interview with Rolling Stone (30 October 2003), as quoted in "Dolly Parton: At 57, the Country Legend Still Brims With Vitality" (28 August 2015), by Jancee Dunn, Rolling Stone" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Dolly Parton

About Dolly Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton (born 19 January 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, actress, author, and philanthropist, known primarily for her work in country music.