There is not a person in the music industry who does not feel like Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn blazed a trail for the rest of us to follow. With their distinct voices, memorable lyrics and emotional stories, they set the tone for what all musicians aspire to - to this day. Nobody else sounds like Loretta, and nobody else sounds like Patsy. ~Dolly Parton

In terms of choice - it was purely intuitional and also what showed up in my library cue, or a book any of my sisters read and liked enough to tell me about, or books suggested to me by readers and writers on Substack, or books by people I knew through my community.