Dolly Parton says 'never say never' to selling rights to 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 - who already owns her own publishing company - has considered following in the footsteps of a number of big-name stars, including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Diamond, who have recently cashed in by selling their back catalogues for mega-money.

On what she would do with the cash, the 'Jolene' hitmaker told the BBC: "I would not be above doing that. "All I would do then is to take that money and do whatever for my family or other businesses. "Then I would start a whole new publishing company, start over in a few years, sell that too if I wanted to. "Never say never, as they say. " 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 and Rowdy Ways'.

The 80-year-old star - who has sold more than 125 million records worldwide and is best-known for hits 'Mr. Tambourine Man', 'Like A Rolling Stone' and 'Make You Feel My Love - commented: "Columbia Records and Rob Stringer have been nothing but good to me for many, many years and a whole lot of records. "I'm glad that all my recordings can stay where they belong. " While Sony did not confirm the financial details, Billboard estimated Dylan's master recordings are now worth $200 million or more.