The muse of music is sometimes really simple. Dolly was signing an autograph for a young girl and asked what her name was. She answered "Jolene" and Dolly instantly thought it would make a great song title. It spurred her to write this, not as a subject but just from hearing her name. Dolly was such a great artist, and just a really decent person. The story of her and Porter Wagoner, which resulted in "I will always love you" bears that out.
The muse of music is sometimes really simple. Dolly was signing an autograph for a young girl and asked what her name was. She answered "Jolene" and Dolly instantly thought it would make a great song title. It spurred her to write this, not as a subject but just from hearing her name. Dolly was such a great artist, and just a really decent person. The story of her and Porter Wagoner, which resulted in "I will always love you" bears that out.
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