Christmas came early Wednesday (August 12) when Dolly Parton announced that her fans would enjoy it In Holly Dolly Christmas with her first holiday album in 30 years.
The collection, on October 2, includes a number of collaborations, including Willie Nelson, Michael Bublé, Billy Ray Cyrus, goddaughter Miley Cyrus and, surprisingly, The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon on “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”
“I thought, ‘Well, what other songs are really hot?'” Parton said of her Fallon duet during Billboard‘s “5 minute interview.” “And I thought, ‘All I want for Christmas is you,’ ‘Mariah said [Carey] song, and Jimmy Fallon, a few years ago I was on his show Around Christmas, and he asked me to sing that and I did not know. I felt so bad that I went and learned it. I was just going to put it on my album and then I thought, ‘Ask Jimmy Fallon if he’s going to sing it with me! “
Like Billboard’s cover story about Parton details, about deciding who to work with musically and in the company, Parton puts all her energy into finding real people who are not alone for the ‘deal’ as the fame. “I want to be where I feel at home, I want to be where I can express myself creatively and be appreciated for it,” she explained.
Continuing with her wave of positivity, Parton noted that one of her favorite life philosophies is the old adage, “diversity is the herb of life.”
“There’s a lot of truth in that,” the superstar declared. “Who would want everyone to be the same? What a boring world that would be. I find life amusing. I get a kick out of everything and everyone. I love the difference in people. There’s nothing I love more than a character, the more bizarre they are, the more I take a step out of it. It’s not my place to judge it, it’s my place to enjoy and accept it. “
Parton grabbed her QA in five minutes with some thoughts about Taylor Swift, who began her career in the country world. “I admire her, really, and respect her, and I have been since she started. I think she did it her own way, just like I did my own thing in my own way,” she explained. “I really think she’s just been amazing in the way she knew how to mark herself, how to keep herself directly in her driving range, but still be able to come and go, but not outside her realm of respect. and responsibility and its principles and values. I think that’s a good thing. She’s very, very gifted. “
Watch Parton’s full interview above.
