She taught young people about friendship and helping. Everyone had to sign that they will graduate and do everything in their power to ensure that their buddy also graduates. It wasn't just a waste of money, she personally came and explained the concept to them - everyone should find a buddy, whoever doesn't succeed she will find one for them. She introduced the "Buddy Program", where all high school graduates received a nice sum when they graduated.
In 1990, the percentage of students who did not graduate from high school in her hometown was over 30%. She grew up in severe poverty and no one famous has done more for the education of the poor than her. And then Whitney Houston came along with her version and I made enough money from the rights to buy Graceland." Something told me in my heart not to do it and I didn't. People told me: "You are crazy." It's Elvis Presley.' but I just couldn't do it. It was terrible for me, on the one hand it's Elvis.
"I said, 'I'm really, really sorry' and cried all night. Dolly was interested until Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis' manager, said that it was standard procedure that when the king of rock and roll covered a song - half of the rights to that song would go to him in the future. When the first song was at the top of the charts in 1974, Elvis wanted to record his own version of the song. Dolly Parton wrote the songs "I Will Always Love You" and "Jolene" on the same night.
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