"I've always believed that a part of my magic, if there was any, was the fact that I look so artificial — but I am so totally real," Parton said in 2001.

Dolly Parton's legacy offers a powerful reminder: You can manufacture an image. You can't manufacture authenticity. She's the real deal.

Back in 2008 at age 62, Dolly Parton released a single proclaiming she was "just a backwoods Barbie, too much makeup, too much hair."