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Dolly Parton is looking back on her seven-decade career in her new book Star of the Show: My Life on Stage (out now)

"I’m thankful that I got to see my dreams come true," she says in this week's PEOPLE cover story

The Queen of Country also opens up to PEOPLE about her upcoming 80th birthday, what she's learned — and what's next

Here she comes again!

With the release of her new book Star of the Show: My Life on Stage , Dolly Parton spoke with PEOPLE to discuss her seven-decade career, what she’s learned — and what’s next.

“You know, I have just been going so fast my whole life,” Parton, 79, says. “And I just start thinking, ‘How in the world did I even have a life? How did I even get it done?’ I really realized when I was putting this book together just how much

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