"Here You Come Again"

“Since my early childhood, I’ve felt like my dreams were the foundation of my drive to accomplish all the things I love,” Dolly wrote in her 2013 book Dream More: Celebrate the Dreamer in You.  “It was a dream that made me feel dressed up when I just had old hand-me-down ragged clothes.  A dream that filled me up with desserts of candy and cake when all we had were sweet thoughts, cornbread, and molasses.”

At Dolly’s high school graduation, the entire class had the opportunity to get up and talk about what they were going to do with the rest of their lives.

“Some said they were going to get married,” Dolly explained.  “Others said they were going to take a job in Knoxville.”

When it was her turn, Dolly didn’t hold back.

“I stood up and said, ‘I’m going to Nashville, and I’m going to be a star.’”

“Well, the whole place laughed out loud,” Dolly recalled.  “I was so embarrassed.  ‘Why is everybody laughing?’ I thought.  ‘This is exactly what I want to do.’

“The passing of the years gives you a clearer perspective,” she later acknowledged.  “Now, I really don’t think the people were laughing to be cruel or making fun of me.  They were just not used to someone dreaming that big or being that sure about it.”

It took a few years, but Dolly not only became a country star, she became beloved by music fans of all flavors when she scored her first Top 5 in the pop charts with this song.