According to Dolly

I know I bang this particular drum a whole lot and there are more than a couple of friends who are starting to get that glazed look when I bring up Ms Parton but I did promise a while back that I would quote a little from Dolly's autobiography My Life and Unfinished Business. These lines are actually also used on the book's dust jacket and when I came to them in the body of the text itself I was, well, a bit goosebumpy really:

The journey is on a road, not a highway. We don't travel this road in a fine car, or even in the most humble horse-drawn wagon. We walk it each step of the way with the dust of the rugged road clinging to our bare feet. Although we seldom realize it at the time, that dust is more precious to us than gold dust. It is the dust of experience, or error and forgiveness, or risk an reward. Maybe from the dust that has collected on my feet you can sift out a few specks of goldthat will be of value to you on your road.