Dolly Parton reveals she's open to selling her back catalogue

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Dolly Parton has said 'never say never' to selling the rights to her music back catalogue.The 76-year-old country music legend candidly told the BBCduring a recent interview: 'I would not be above doing that.'She explained: 'All I would do then is to take that money and do whatever for my family or other businesses.' What if?:Dolly Parton has said 'never say never' to selling the rights to her music back catalogue; she is pictured Monday at the Academy Of Country Music Awards in Las VegasThe Jolene hitmaker - who already owns her own publishing company - has considered following in the footsteps of a number of big-name stars.Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Diamond have recently cashed in by selling their back catalogues for mega-money.

Dolly said that if she sold her back catalog, after taking care of her family and businesses, 'Then I would start a whole new publishing company, start over in a few years, sell that too if I wanted to.'The Jolene hitmaker added: 'Never say never, as they say.' As seen in 1986:Early in her career Dolly famously declined to let Elvis Presley cover her song I Will Always Love You because she would have to relinquish the rights to himEarly in her career Dolly famously declined to let Elvis Presley cover her song I Will Always Love You because she would have to relinquish the rights to him.Retaining the rights turned out to be a fortuitous move for Dolly, as decades later the song became a global smash in the hands of Whitney Houston.In January, Dylan sold his entire catalogue of recorded music to Sony in a deal thought to be worth around $200 million.The agreement included all of the legendary musician's work since 1962, starting with his self-titled debut album, and up to 2020's Rough.