Taylor Swift’s Heartbreaking Tribute to Dolly Parton

Didn't Taylor put out a statement about Dolly because they were found dead? She did. Her statement said, A world without Dolly doesn't feel possible, real or right. But because of the eternally generous way she spent her time on this earth, and the countless lives she changed for the better, her legacy will be an everlasting one. She was truly the gift that kept on giving. Dolly gave us someone to look up to while encouraging us to be who we are as individuals. Somehow she was able to give us her lessons about the world, gently and honestly, simultaneously and oftentimes hilariously. She managed to give the world the ultimate mystery and fantasy in some corners of her life, but to give full transparencies in the ways that counted. Somehow she was true grace and true grit, all in one dazzling person. She possessed the softest heart when it came to the struggles of others, and a backbone of steel to defend her own self-worth as an artist. Along with her other fans, I'm so grateful for all of it, for the melodies and lyrics she wrote that thawed even the coldest of hearts, for the millions of books she provided all over the world so that children might fall in love with stories the same way she did, and for the tightropes she walked so that young girls like me could grow up dreaming of joining the circus too. Dolly, I'll think of you each step of the way.