In 2009, east Tennessee native Dolly Parton gave a memorable commencement address at UT that became a YouTube sensation. In her speech, Parton urged graduates to “dream more, learn more, care more, and do more.” Parton has turned that message into a new book, Dream More: Celebrate the Dreamer in You.
Watch her commencement address below.
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Parton appeared on Good Morning America Tuesday to talk about how her commencement address became a book. Watch the interview and a musical performance here. She also was interviewed on NPR’s Talk of the Nation and appeared on The Colbert Report.
Dream More: Celebrate the Dreamer in You is now available in bookstores and online. All sales will benefit Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a nonprofit organization that promotes early childhood literacy by offering free books to children in the US, Canada, and the United Kingdom.