She is beloved across the nation as an American icon.
But Dolly Parton as one of the 2021 People Of The Year insisted that 'I don't want to be worshiped, because there's a scripture in my Bible that talks about idol worship.'
The 75-year-old was modest about her extensive charity work, saying: 'I'm glad that I stand for enough stuff to where I'm not the worst person in the world.'
Icon: Dolly Parton as one of the 2021 People Of The Year insisted that 'I don't want to be worshiped, because there's a scripture in my Bible that talks about idol worship'
She is leery of the way she is occasionally deified and pointed out that 'I see that happening all the time with movie stars and these celebrities.'
Dolly added: 'People literally worship them more than they worship God. And I just - I cringe at it sometimes. But if I can set an example, then that's great.'
The country icon's charity ventures include the Imagination Library which provides free books to small children.
Three years ago Imagination Library marked 100 million books donated since the outfit first began all the way back in 1995.
Humble: The 75-year-old was modest about her extensive charity work, saying: 'I'm glad that I stand for enough stuff to where I'm not the worst person in the world'
She told "Good Morning America that she founded the charity as a tribute to her father who 'couldn't read and write and that always troubled him and bothered him.'
Her father was part of the Imagination Library effort and lived until 2000 - 'long enough to hear the kids call me "the book lady," seeing it do good.'
More recently she raised $700,000 for flood victims in Middle Tennessee a couple of months ago, and last year she gave the Vanderbilt University Medical Center $1 million which the college used in its work with Moderna on the COVID-19 vaccine.
However she wears her generosity lightly and is 'skeptical' of her People Of The Year title as 'that's a lot of pressure. But, yeah, it's like, I am not all that. I'm glad that I stand for enough stuff to where I'm not the worst person in the world.'
'I cringe at it sometimes': She is leery of the way she is occasionally deified and pointed out that 'I see that happening all the time with movie stars and these celebrities'
Dolly dished: 'I'm kind of addicted to the feeling of giving. Knowing that I'm doing something good for someone else.'
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