After Decades Of Dreaming, Dolly Parton Says, 'Dream More'

In her senior year of high school, Dolly Parton told the graduating class that she planned to go to Nashville to be a star.

The whole class burst into laughter.

In her book Dream More: Celebrate the Dreamer in You, Parton explains how she went on to prove her class wrong and become one of the best-selling recording artists of all time.

She talks with NPR's Neal Conan about her journey from rags to riches and the principles behind her enormous success as a musician, actor and theme park entrepreneur.