PEOPLE Dolly Parton Magazine

For her admirers, Dolly Parton, who has appeared on PEOPLE’s cover six times, has poured her heart into everything she does, not least the autobiographical songs she writes including “I Will Always Love You”; and her aching tribute to her mother “Coat of Many Colors”; Generous as an artist and humanitarian, she helped finance breakthrough research that produced the Moderna vaccination for COVID-19. In this special edition, it’s PEOPLE’s turn to pay heartfelt tribute to a classic American entertainer. Inside is a revealing exclusive interview (“I’ve always been a great lover because I just feel my sensuality, my sexuality, my passion,” Parton says), a conversation with her longtime stylist about putting together the iconic Dolly look and an excerpt from ‘Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics.’