Dolly Parton says she starts her day at 3 am: ‘I don’t need a whole lot of sleep’

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Forget working from 9 to 5 – Dolly Parton starts her day at 3 a.m. On Monday, the country music icon revealed that her secret to success is having a very early morning routine. "I don’t need a whole lot of sleep," the singer insisted to Insider. "I go to bed pretty early, but even if I’ve been up late – it’s just kind of like a little clock inside of me that says, ‘It’s 3 o’clock!’" "I do some of my best work there, but I get enough sleep," the 76-year-old continued. "I don’t require as much sleep as a lot of other people do.That’s kind of a Parton family trait." Singer-songwriter Dolly Parton performs during the 2022 SXSW Conference And Festival on March 18, 2022, in Austin, Texas. (Rick Kern/FilmMagic) The crooner told the outlet that her late father, Robert Lee Parton, was also an early riser.The patriarch passed away in 2000 at age 79. "I’m like my daddy," she explained. "He was always up early, even if he had to go to bed late." On weekends, Parton likes to cook up a big breakfast for Carl Dean, her husband of 55 years.

According to the outlet, the crooner likes to make fluffy scrambled eggs, French toast and bacon or gravy with biscuits. Parton first met the Nashville businessman when she was 18 and he was 21.

In September 2020, Parton told People magazine the two still carve out time for date nights. Dolly Parton in a scene from the film "9 to 5," 1980. (20th Century-Fox/Getty Images) "We still have our little times, like in the springtime when the first daffodils come out," said Parton. "...

My husband always brings me a bouquet. And he’ll usually write me a little poem. Which to me, that’s priceless.That’s like a date in itself." According to the outlet, one of their first dates was at McDonald’s.