Country Musician

🇺🇸Dolly Parton

Music

b. 1946

"I look so totally artificial, but I’ve always been the simplest person in the world."

🇺🇸Hank Williams

Music

1923–1953

"A good song is a good song, and if I'm lucky enough to write it, well....! I get more kick out of writing than I do singing. I reckon I've written a thousand songs and had over 300 published."

🇺🇸Merle Haggard

Music

1937–2016

"Photo timeline of his life from RollingStone.com"

🇺🇸Billy Joe Shaver

Music

1939–2020

"Most of the things I write are things that are personal to me. I realized that that's the only way to really be honest. If you go writing about someone else you're just guessing at it."