# Dolly Parton starts her day at 3 AM **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [December 14, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-starts-her-day-at-3-am/928042 "2020-12-14T19:09:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-starts-her-day-at-3-am/928042/1 "2020-12-14T19:09:56Z")
She will be 75 next month. My fav quote of hers is “Takes a lot of money to look this cheap” Also some trivia she has been married to her husband for over 50 years and he has seen her in concert once. She recorded Stairway to Heaven since he’s a big Led Zeppelin fan > **[Dolly Parton's daily schedule: 3 a.m. wake-ups and heels in the kitchen | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/14/entertainment/dolly-parton-daily-marie-claire-schedule-trnd/index.html)** > > Ever wonder what it's like to be Dolly Parton for a day? Well, for one, you'll certainly be working more than 9 to 5. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-starts-her-day-at-3-am/928042/2 "2020-12-14T19:31:44Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > She recorded Stairway to Heaven since he’s a big Led Zeppelin fan I am listening to it right now-rather haunting. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-starts-her-day-at-3-am/928042/3 "2020-12-14T20:41:44Z")
On the one hand, I can understand a celebrity not wanting a partner who’s interested in them just because they’re a celebrity, and marrying someone who’s not a fan of your art is one way to achieve that. On the other hand, you’d think that, even if he’s not a fan of her musics, he’d still go to at least a few of her concerts, just in support of her. Shrug. It obviously works for them. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-starts-her-day-at-3-am/928042/4 "2020-12-14T20:48:43Z")
BTW, a couple of weeks ago, Stephen Colbert had Obama as a guest on his show and at one point, he asked the former president why Dolly Parton never received the presidential medal of freedom. Obama seemed genuinely surprised. I think he said that he thought she already had it and that he’d talk to Biden about awarding it to her. That would be a well-deserved honor. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-starts-her-day-at-3-am/928042/5 "2020-12-14T20:56:14Z")
Reading about her schedule in that interview, it reminds me a lot of the guy who was my boss at my work-study job in college – he was a marketing specialist for a division of the University of Wisconsin-Extension. He’d been in the Navy during WWII, and was accustomed to only getting 5 or 6 hours of sleep a night. Once he got out of the Navy, and went to college, he decided that he could get even more done in a day if he could get away with less sleep. So, over the course of a few months, he shortened his sleep schedule from 6 hours a night, to 4 hours a night. He told me that, at that point, he decided that anything less than 4 was probably not a good idea; he stuck to that schedule for decades. When i was working with him, in the '80s, he’d go to bed at 11pm, with his wife, after watching Johnny Carson’s _Tonight Show_ monologue. He’d then get up at 3am, shower, get dressed, and go down to his den, where he’d work for about 4 hours. His wife would get up at 7, and make breakfast for the two of them. He’d then head to the office, getting there by 8:30 or so, having already worked for 4 hours. I should note that this guy also drank several pots of coffee per day, and smoked four packs of cigarettes a day. His routine worked for him, but was by no means a healthy lifestyle. 😉 I suspect that Dolly takes a bit better care of herself. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-starts-her-day-at-3-am/928042/6 "2020-12-15T13:34:49Z")
she does not have any kids. She got national medal of the arts and Kennedy center honors. And the Dolly Parton parkway in Tenn near her hometown. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-starts-her-day-at-3-am/928042/7 "2020-12-15T14:17:01Z")
Dolly Parton totally fucking rocks. ---
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-starts-her-day-at-3-am/928042/8 "2020-12-15T14:47:54Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > On the one hand, I can understand a celebrity not wanting a partner who’s interested in them just because they’re a celebrity, and marrying someone who’s not a fan of your art is one way to achieve that. No reason to think that’s a factor here. Dolly Parton married her husband at age 20, before she became a celebrity. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-starts-her-day-at-3-am/928042/9 "2020-12-15T14:48:59Z")
when she hosted SNL she asked no jokes or skits on God or Jesus and they agreed. they don’t do many of those skits anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-starts-her-day-at-3-am/928042/10 "2020-12-15T20:03:27Z")
> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > Dolly Parton married her husband at age 20, I was doubly surprised - she wrote Jolene based in a real woman flirting with her then-new husband. “Jolene” is long gone, but he and Dolly are still married, almost 60 years later. ---
**Author:** ![superwombat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superwombat/32/16616_2.png) [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-starts-her-day-at-3-am/928042/11 "2020-12-16T01:42:01Z")
NPR has a documentary podcast that is fantastic. > **[Dolly Parton's America](https://www.npr.org/podcasts/765024913/dolly-parton-s-america)** > > In this intensely divided moment, one of the few things everyone still seems to agree on is Dolly Parton—but why? That simple question leads to a deeply personal, historical, and musical rethinking of one of America's great icons. Join us for a... ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-starts-her-day-at-3-am/928042/12 "2020-12-16T01:45:01Z")
What a coincidence. She starts my day about the same time. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-starts-her-day-at-3-am/928042/13 "2020-12-16T06:54:19Z")
I just listened and think that her live version of Stairway to Heaven is pretty good. She make’s it her own instead of “just” a cover. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-starts-her-day-at-3-am/928042/14 "2020-12-16T16:06:45Z")
she wrote Jolene and I will always love you during the same week , possibly the same day. She is pretty liberal especially for a country music star. She has a big gay fan base. She was accused of being gay and said she’s not but if she was she would admit it. One time some photogs were chasing a limo they thought had Julia Roberts but it turned out to be Dolly. Funny scene when she existed the limo. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-starts-her-day-at-3-am/928042/15 "2020-12-16T16:23:45Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > she does not have any kids. She got national medal of the arts and Kennedy center honors. And the Dolly Parton parkway in Tenn near her hometown. - From 2018. > **[Dolly Parton Gives The Gift Of Literacy: A Library Of 100 Million Books](https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/03/01/589912466/dolly-parton-gives-the-gift-of-literacy-a-library-of-100-million-books)** > > In 1995, the entertainer and philanthropist started the Imagination Library, inspired by her father, who couldn't read and write. Now, it mails free books to more than a million kids each month. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-starts-her-day-at-3-am/928042/16 "2020-12-16T18:50:31Z")
Not only was Obama surprised about her not receiving the medal, he said “That’s a mistake!” which is why he would talk to Biden about it.