Dolly…would? Parton changes tune on Rock Hall induction https://t.co/xO7nBEIwmD

— News 5 Cleveland (@WEWS) April 29, 2022

CLEVELAND — After saying she would like to respectfully bow out of consideration for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Class of 2022, Dolly Parton said in an NPR interview released Friday that she would accept the honor gracefully, having learned that the Rock Hall inducts more than just rock groups and artists.

“Well, I’ll accept gracefully. I would just say thanks and I’ll accept it because the fans vote,” Parton said in the interview. “But when I said that, it was always my belief that the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame was for the people in rock music, and I have found out lately that it’s not necessarily that. But if they can’t go there to be recognized, where do they go? So I just felt like I would be taking away from someone that maybe deserved it, certainly more than me, because I never considered myself a rock artist. But obviously, there’s more to it than that.”