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Dolly Parton wants to help people go to heaven.
The '9 to 5' singer doesn't want to be regarded as an "idol" and prays before every show that people can see the "light of God" in her.
She said: "I pray every day and certainly every night before I go on stage. I pray that God will let me shine with his light. And to let me be a blessing and not have people idolise me because I do not like the idol stuff.
"If they see a light in me, I want them to think it's the light of God. And even if I don't get to heaven, if I can help somebody else head in a better direction, that makes me happy."
The country music legend always tries to look for the "light of God" in people, even if she doesn't like them.
She said: "Of course I don't like everyone. But I know we're all God's children. I try to go right to that God light in everybody even if I don't think it's there.
"If a person don't look right. Or they're not acting right. I know there's that little spark in there. Sometimes I just say, 'Gee doesn't he have nice eyes?' and be done with it."

Noel Gallagher wants his brother Liam to make a solo album.
The 47-year-old musician - who was previously in Oasis with his younger sibling - thinks it is time the former Beady Eye frontman released a record of his own material now the band has split up.
He said: "I'm amazed Liam has chucked it in, but he won't stay out of the limelight for long. I think Liam should make a solo record - put his balls on the line, put his name up in lights and go for it."
The brothers famously fell out in 2009 leading to Noel quitting Oasis and the band breaking up, and although the pair have had little contact since the argument, the father-of-three admitted he was disappointed to hear Liam's project with former members of the band, Beady Eye, had also disbanded.
He confessed: "I'm very f**king sad about Beady Eye, because I know they really wanted to make it work."
Noel - who will release his second solo album under the alias Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds in March - continued to reveal he had spoken to former member of Beady Eye, Gem Archer, who expressed his sadness about Liam's decision for the band to part ways.
He told Q magazine: "I wanted it to work for them. I was out with Gem Archer the other night. The vibe I'm getting is that it was a shock, although not completely surprising."

Fatboy Slim dreams in Portuguese.
The 50-year-old DJ - whose real name is Norman Cook - spent so much time working on his Brazilian-influenced compilation album 'Fatboy Slim Presents Bem Brasil', it began affecting his subconscious - even though he can't actually speak the language.
He said: "Having spent all the time doing this, I've started dreaming in Portuguese, which is terrible because I don't speak Portuguese. It's dreadful. I understand it better but trying to get your lips round the words ... I'll say something to a Brazilian in my best Brazilian accent and they'll look at me like, 'Huh?' Portuguese is like Spanish spoken by a drunk Russian."
The DJ regularly plays huge shows in South America and admits performing in front of crowds of over 300,000 people still makes him nervous.
He said: "The Brazilians took us to their hearts and the 'Big Beach Boutique' DVD sold more there than the rest of the world and they asked us to do one out there. That was 2004 ... It blows your mind and turns your knees to jelly."
And the 'Rockafeller Skank' hitmaker is particularly astonished by his success when he thinks back to his early shows.
He added: "You look at the shows we put on now with the audio visual element and [back then] it was just me, with a table and two record players. It was a big moment, the only time I'd done it before was my home time of Brighton, where at least I felt among friends."

Rihanna wants to help launch her brother's music career.
The 26-year-old performer has been spending time with her family at their home in Barbados over the festive period, and has been working with her younger brother Rorrey Fenty to try and make him a successful rapper, urging him to focus on his music and not get sucked in by the party lifestyle.
A source revealed: "She knows he has talent, but he loves to party and she wants him to achieve something musically first."
The musician - who performs under the moniker Gallest - released a 15-track mixtape titled 'Intolerable Cruelty' earlier this year, but the 'Diamonds' singer is hoping to propel his career into the commercial realm and believes recording a track with the 23-year-old musician is the perfect way to kickstart his career.
The source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "She knows anything she guests on will help with his commercial success."
Meanwhile, the singing sensation is set to return to music in 2015 following a break from the industry. The 'We Found Love' hitmaker had released four albums in consecutive years up until 2012's 'Unapologetic', and will return in the new year with a record - believed to be titled '#R8' - which is rumoured to feature production from OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder.

Kerry Katona wants to collaborate with her ex-husband Brian McFadden's band Westlife.
The Atomic Kitten singer is keen to team up with the 'You Raise Me Up' hitmakers - who are said to be planning a comeback in 2016 after splitting three years ago - for a song which would see her sing alongside Brian, who she divorced in December 2006 after four years of marriage.
She said: "We could do a collaboration. That would be a sight to see, wouldn't it?"
But Kerry's fellow Kittens Liz McClarnon and Natasha Hamilton are not quite as keen for the girl group - who reunited in 2012 - to duet with the Irish band.
Natasha said: "That would be weird."
But she seems a lot keener for the trio to team up with her boyfriend Ritchie Neville's group Five for a collaboration but joked the two bands wouldn't be taking it too seriously if something did materialise.
The 32-year-old singer - who gave birth to her and Ritchie's daughter Ella in September - added to The Sun newspaper: "It would have to be tongue-in-cheek."
An Atomic Kitten and Westlife duet also looks unlikely as Brian has been less than complimentary about the girl group in the past, poking fun at the "middle-aged" trio for talking about their kids rather than going out partying nowadays.
He previously said: "They used to be wild and now they are three middle-aged ladies who talk about their families."
Kerry quit Atomic Kitten in 2001 after falling pregnant with her and Brian's first child, Molly, who is now 13.
The 34-year-old blonde also has 11-year-old daughter Lilly-Sue with Brian - who married Irish DJ Vogue Williams in September 2012 - as well as Heidi, seven, and six-year-old Maxwell with ex-husband Mark Croft and eight-month-old daughter Dylan Jorge with current husband George Kay, who she married in September.

Kasabian like to be "mellow" before their gigs.
The 'Eez-Eh' rockers - made up of Tom Meighan, Serge Pizzorno, Christopher Karloff and Chris Edwards - find their shows are "crazy" and have more energy if they take a low-key approach to preparing for a performance.
Asked how their preparations have changed, frontman Tom said: "I think it's more chaos on stage so in some ways you have to be more mellow before you get on, the calmer you are before, when you get on, it goes crazy."
Despite having a string of sell-out tours behind them, Kasabian insist they are never approached to advise any new acts on the music scene.
Asked what advice they give to up-and-coming bands, Tom laughed: "They don't choose [to speak to] us."
The 'Empire' group are big fans of 'Pass Out' hitmaker Tinie Tempah and think his success is well deserved.
Tom said: "We've met him a few times, he's a top guy, he's rocking it."
While the band have tasted success since releasing their eponymous debut album in 2004, Serge recently admitted he is glad they didn't triumph immediately in their career because it would have "f**ked" them up.
He said: "If the ambition was just to sell millions of records, then we'd have made it a lot easier for ourselves. We wouldn't have pulled so many moves along the way. We'd have played the game but we never wanted to do that.
"It's happened this way for a reason. It could have easily ended up in a graveyard. And if it had been a whirlwind, it would've been a disaster. We wouldn't have known what to do with it."

Lorde loves her fans' honesty.
The 'Royals' hitmaker is eager to receive honest feedback on her music and so she subscribes to all social media channels, including Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook, to allow her loyal followers to gauge their reactions.
She said: "I have the 'ask' feature on my Tumblr enabled so people with an account can send me a message. To me, that's a really useful tool because I get to hear what people are thinking about what I'm doing.
"I like Twitter because it's a good direct link to people. You just reach out to someone you like and say, 'Follow me, please, and then we can talk.' I really like Instagram as well - it's a good one, very simple. I'm also on Facebook."
The 18-year-old star even saves her favourite tweets from fans to help her feel better when she's having a bad day.
She added: "I have this folder on my computer of lovely things people have said to me and whenever I'm in a super-low, terrible mood, I'm like, 'Remember these wonderful souls who said incredible things about you!' "

Ringo Starr will release a new album in 2015.
The 74-year-old rocker revealed the news during a video update on his YouTube channel, admitting he has finished work on his 18th studio LP which will be released through Universal.
He said: "So this is why it's called an update. I've finished my record, mixed the record, and next year it will be out on Universal Records, so that's the good news."
The former The Beatles drummer has been performing solo material since his first album on his own, 'Sentimental Journey', which was released in 1970, but this will be his first release in almost three years, since 'Ringo 2012'.
The 'It Don't Come Easy' hitmaker - who has been touring on and off since 1989 - failed to mention when fans can expect the album or what it will be called, but did express his excitement for his forthcoming string of shows which will see him perform in USA, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Chile, Colombia and Mexico in February and March alongside his All-Starr Band.
He added: "And while I'm here, I'd like to thank all of you who supported us when we were touring, and we may be coming your way in February and March, so look out for that."

Slash has given up BMX biking.
The 48-year-old musician hasn't given away any of his bikes, but no longer rides them as he worried he might fall and suffer such a serious injury, he would have to postpone performances.
He said: "BMX is the kind of thing, it's not just riding around the block, it's jumping and stuff, so as soon as I get on a bike you're invariably going to fall.
"I have a couple of bikes at home and I still love it, but it's one of those things, you're going to fall, and if I break something before I tour the worst thing I can possibly think of is having to call these guys and be like, 'Hey, the tour we've been looking forward to is going to be postponed because I've broken my wrist'."
As well as giving up biking, Slash has also given up his beloved pet snake Sam as he couldn't care for him on the road, but he is pleased his reptile is happy in his new home.
He said: "Sam is at the zoo in Nashville now, we were touring so much and as he got bigger nobody in my family would take care of him. He's between 10 and 15 feet. I gotta give them credit, the zoo put him in a way better enclosure than I was going to build, so he's happy."