Dolly advised You journal: “I’m almost kind of glad. I look now at all the work I do with children, and I think, ‘God didn’t let me have children so everybody’s children could be mine.’ We’re able to be generous, we can do more for one another.”

The ‘Jolene’ hitmaker defined final month that she felt relieved that she didn’t need to carry up youngsters within the trendy world.

Dolly advised Mojo journal: “It seems like we’re not making any progress… Nobody’s willing to listen to anybody else.

“Everything is out there. Kids know everything, they see everything, they hear everything. We have to discuss stuff.

“I do know this feels like a egocentric, terrible factor to say, however I’m nearly glad I by no means had youngsters. I fear myself to loss of life about my little nieces and nephews and grandnieces and grandnephews.”

Dolly grew up “dust poor” in Tennessee – where she and Carl still live – but explained that the skills she acquired meant she could have coped with losing her fame and fortune.

The 77-year-old singer said: “I at all times thought that if I had to return to it, at the least I grew up figuring out elevate a backyard, plan meals; I might know survive.

“I bought the old home place and fixed it up, like it used to be, so I could go back if I needed to. But no, I expect to be working and doing something all my life.”