Taylor Swift Shares Tribute To Dolly Parton: 'I’ll Think Of You Each Step Of The Way'

Marita Vlachou Wed, August 26, 2026 at 9:49 AM UTC

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Taylor Swift paid tribute to fellow artist Dolly Parton following the announcement of her death on Tuesday.

In a movingstatement shared with multiple outlets, Swift said Parton “was truly the gift that kept on giving.”

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“Somehow she was true grace and true grit, all in one dazzling person. She possessed the softest heart when it came to the struggles of others, and a backbone of steel to defend her own self worth as an artist,” Swift wrote.

“Along with her other fans, I am so grateful for all of it. For the melodies and lyrics she wrote that thawed even the coldest hearts. For the millions of books she provided children all over the world so that they might fall in love with stories the way she did. For the tightropes she walked so that young girls like me could grow up dreaming of joining the circus too,” she continued. “Dolly, I’ll think of you each step of the way.”

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Swift and Parton first met in 2010 backstage at the Grand Ole Opry’s 85th birthday, according to The Tennessean.

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