Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner spent large portions of the year on tour. She shared why this was so hard for her.

“I soon found out that she was actually an insecure person — in the way she looked, in the way she was brought up, in every direction,” he said, per the book Smart Blonde by Stephen Miller. “Believe ...

Porter Wagoner got to know Dolly Parton well when they worked together. He said her high level of insecurity surprised him.

To Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton could empathize and feel more than the average Joe, and that is why he thought she had a god-given gift.