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Dolly Parton on ageing: 'I keep thinking I'm going to run out of time'

Iconic country star Dolly Parton celebrated her 70th birthday in January and she has confessed that ageing is hard because there are still so many things she wants to achieve. 

In a new interview with WENN, the legend admitted that she is struggling to come to terms with the idea of mortality because she certainly doesn't feel her age:

"Sometimes I feel like 300-years-old and sometimes I feel like I'm just about 20 and I feel like I did when I first went to Nashville. But I'm just thinking I'm gonna run out of time. There's so much I still want to do. I keep thinking, 'Don't think like that. Just do it! Just work like you're 16! In fact I wrote a song called I'm 16 and it's on my new Pure and Simple album."

Back in 2014, Parton confessed that she can see herself still creating music well into her nineties if time allows that to happen: "I only sleep for three hours at a time before I get up and do other stuff. Then I cat nap. Wherever I am, whatever I'm doing, I take a quick nap. I think that's one of the reasons I stay more energetic. But I really don't think about my age. If my health holds up, I'll still be doing this at 95 if I live that long."

 

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