This past Thursday evening Dolly Parton received the Johnny Mercer Award from the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, to which she was inducted in 2001. She says songwriting is the most important part of her career.
"I would always give up everything before I give up the writing, because it's really my way of expressing myself, and it's just a natural thing and the song just took me everywhere I've been so far," she told the AP.
"So it's very important. ... To be honored for it and recognized for it is a great, great compliment."
She estimates she has written over 3,000 songs and says she writes something every day.
