Dolly Parton sets aside time to write every single day, but she said she doesn’t have a particularly disciplined songwriting practice. Some artists set aside the same few hours every day to work, but Parton said she doesn’t like this much structure. Instead, she waits for certain moods to hit her before she can put a song to paper.
Dolly Parton said she had to be in a certain type of mood in order to write Parton takes greater pride in her work as a writer than a singer. It leaves her feeling more fulfilled as well, as she is able to pour her emotions into written words. Because the songwriting process is so emotional for her, she said needs to be in certain types of moods to write.
“I’m not a disciplined writer at all. I’m strictly an impulsive writer, and I write from inspiration,” she said in the book Dolly by Alanna Nash. “I get my ideas from everybody.
When I feel this need to write, it comes out of my heart and soul . Because I get moods, great moods, weird moods. You know, really inspired moods, and I just get real involved in what I’m doin’ and I can’t stop.
” She said that when the urge to write grabs her, she struggles to stop for anything. “I’ve stayed up as long as three days before — well, at least two days, and into the third day before I could really make my mind stop enough to rest.” Dolly Parton doesn’t notice anything around her when she sits down to write Those who have watched Parton write say that she pays attention to littl.