Dolly Parton’s Take on ‘Home Sweet Home’’s Lyrics Stunned Sixx

Nikki
Sixx
said
he
was
amazed
by

Dolly
Parton’s
interpretation
of
the
lyrics
to Motley
Crue‘s
“Home
Sweet
Home.”

The
band
collaborated
with
the
country
star
on
a
new
version
of
the
1985
song
after
Sixx
had
taken
part
in
her
2023
album


Rockstar.
She’d
decided
to
make
the
record
after
being
inducted
into
the

Rock
and
Roll
Hall
of
Fame.

In
a
recent
interview
with


Forbes,
Sixx
said
he’d
been
one
of
the
first
to
offer
Parton
his
services.
His
appearance
on
“Bygones”
alongside

Rob
Halford
and

John
5
meant
he
was
able
to
make
the
“Home
Sweet
Home”
collaboration
happen.

READ
MORE: The
Long
and
Weird
History
of ‘Home
Sweet
Home’
Covers
and
Remakes

“We
were
in
Nashville
with
Dolly…
you’ve
seen
the
video
where
I’m
in
the
studio
with
her,”
SIxx
said.
“I’m
like
sitting
there
pinching
myself,
like
this
kid
that
came
from
Idaho
on
a
Greyhound
bus
with
a
dream.

“[T]he
director
goes,
‘Hey,
would
you
just
ask
her
to
sing
it
one
more
time?’
I’m
looking
at
the
talkback
button
and
I’m
looking
at
Dolly…
I
go,
‘Are
you
fucking
crazy?
You
want
me
to
ask
Dolly
to
do
it
one
more
time?’
He
goes,
‘Yeah,
just
please
ask
her…’

“I’m
like,
‘Well,
there’s
only
one
way
around
this.’
So
I
go,
‘Hey,
Dolly,
could
you
sing
that
eight
more
times
for
me?’
And
she
goes,
‘Well,
absolutely!’
…
[H]er
manager,
Danny,
looks
at
me
and
goes,
‘She
will
outwork
everybody
in
this
building.
She’ll
be
the
last
person
here
and
she
won’t
leave
until
it’s
perfect.’ 

“Then
we
did
all
these
takes
together.
…
She
makes
it
so
easy;
that’s
why
I
think
so
many
people
adore
her.
You
know,
she
makes
you
feel
like
the
biggest
star
in
the
room.”

Nikki
Sixx
Says
Working
With
Dolly
Parton
Was
Career
High

Sixx
recalled
that
when
the
idea
came
up
to
do
“something
special”
with
“Home
Sweet
Home,”
Parton
responded
with
a
“hard
yes,”
and
revealed
it
had
been
one
of
her
late
husband’s
favorite
songs.

He
added:
“Dolly
looked
at
me
and
said,
‘I
really
love
these
lyrics.’
…
And
she
goes,
in
her
very
sweet
southern
accent,
‘When
you’re
young,
you
want
to
get
as
far
away
from
home
as
possible.
You
want
to
chase
those
dreams.
You
want
to
chase
whatever
you
want
to
do.
And
then
once
you
get
there,
it’s
the
journey
getting
back
to
your
roots.’

“I
was
like,
‘No
one’s
ever
explained
my
lyrics
to
me
that
clear.’
That
just
touched
me
on
so
many
levels.”
He
reflected:
“You
write
a
song
and
it
means
something
to
you…
[then]
once
the
song
is
released…
it
becomes
other
people’s. 

“Everywhere
around
the
world,
we
play
this
song
and
it’s
an
intimate
moment…
Then
Dolly
comes
on
and
re-ignites
the
song
in
a
way
that
doesn’t
lose
what
it’s
originally
all
about
–
yet
also
kind
of
updates
it.
[W]orking
with
her
is
just
a
career
high.”

Watch
Motley
Crue
and
Dolly
Parton’s
‘Home
Sweet
Home’
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