It was an absolute honour and a privilege to work and spend time with you Dolly. My heart is hurting and I’ve been lost for words as you leave this earth. But your spirit will live on for millions if not billions of people worldwide. You touched so many peoples hearts, including mine.
When you walked into the room, the energy changed in an indescribably magical way. You made everyone feel special and treated everyone as their own type of individual. You had a wicked sense of humour and a unique understanding of all types of people and their souls. An infectious personality with a punk rock spirit. When we first met, I walked into the room with my camera in hand, you were in the middle of an ITV interview, and you turned to look at me, and just straight out interrupted the reporter that was interviewing you and said “Hi there, are you a singer?! because you look like a singer..” I briefly explained my music history to you, then you returned to the interview… it was genius! You were always the Boss of every situation.
You were an actual modern day queen for men, women and children. A magician. A business woman and a philanthropist. An unstoppable force, a spiritual enterprise with an incredible team of angels (and fallen angels) who worked beside and alongside you, your unbelievable legacy, magic and love that you have left behind will carry on. Danny and Bryan have been truly amazing friends to me.
It was such an honour to be invited into your wonderful family and to share so many unique and worldly experiences with you all, take some killer shots of you owning it in London and finally in Nashville. There is so much to say, and so many stories from everyone and I possibly hope to be including some of these shots, along with stories in the book I’m working on with Bryan. Which keeps evolving and growing in chapters..I think your chapter will be called what we joked about in the hotel elevator: ‘Never Mind The Boobs, Here’s Dolly Parton’…
But for now I say thank you so much Dolly and I will always love you x