Dolly Parton won’t be entering the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year – and the decision is her own.
The country music icon has decided to “respectfully bow out” of the process, according to a statement she posted to social media on Monday.
Dolly writes: “Even though I am extremely flattered and grateful to be nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, I don’t feel that I have earned that right. I really do not want votes to be split because of me.”
Parton does, however, hope to make a “great rock ‘n’ roll album at some point in the future” and hopes the HOF will “be willing to consider me again.”