When Dolly Parton was in her 20s, she rejected(拒绝，驳回) Elvis Presley. She had written a wonderful song, “I Will Always Love You”, and the King wanted to cover(翻唱（歌曲）) it. His manager demanded that she sign over half the rights to the tune, because Elvis was huge and she was not.(他的经纪人要求她转让一半的歌曲版权，因为埃尔维斯是大明星，而她不是。) She said no.
多莉·帕顿二十多岁时，曾拒绝了埃尔维斯·普雷斯利。她写了一首美妙的歌曲《我将永远爱你》，而“猫王”想要翻唱它。他的经纪人要求她转让一半的歌曲版权，因为埃尔维斯是大明星，而她不是。她拒绝了。
It must have taken nerve(需要勇气), for a woman who grew up in a one-room shack(简陋的小屋) without electricity in Tennessee, to tell Elvis to get lost(滚开，走开). But it made her millions. The version sung by Whitney Houston, many years later, was one of the bestselling tracks of all time. (The Arabic version ripped off(剽窃，抄袭) by Saddam Hussein for a campaign song is best forgotten.)
对于一个在田纳西州没有电的一居室棚屋里长大的女人来说，告诉埃尔维斯“滚开”一定需要很大的勇气。但这让她赚了数百万美元。多年后惠特妮·休斯顿演唱的版本成为有史以来最畅销的歌曲之一。（萨达姆·侯赛因剽窃的阿拉伯语竞选歌曲版本最好被遗忘。）
Ms Parton became a megastar(超级巨星), with 25 number-one hits on Billboard’s Hot Country chart and 11 Grammy awards. Yet what was striking about her career was not how many people loved her, but how few didn’t.(然而，她职业生涯中引人注目的不是有多少人爱她，而是很少有人不爱她。) Five years ago the New York Times published an article with the headline, “Is there anything we can all agree on? Yes: Dolly Parton”. She has been publicly mourned(哀悼) by both Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani. What was her secret?
帕顿女士成为超级巨星，在《公告牌》热门乡村榜上有25首冠军单曲，并获得11项格莱美奖。然而，她职业生涯中引人注目的不是有多少人爱她，而是很少有人不爱她。五年前，《纽约时报》发表了一篇文章，标题是：“有什么是我们都能达成一致的吗？是的：多莉·帕顿”。唐纳德·特朗普和佐赫兰·马姆达尼都公开哀悼她。她的秘诀是什么？