On Monday, legendary nation musician Dolly Parton introduced that she is declining her nomination to the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame, stating that she does not imagine she's "earned that proper."

"Despite the fact that I'm extraordinarily flattered and grateful to be nominated for the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame, I do not really feel that I've earned that proper. I actually are not looking for votes to be cut up due to me, so I need to respectfully bow out," Parton wrote in an announcement on social media.

"I do hope that the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame will perceive and be prepared to contemplate me once more - if I am ever worthy. This has, nonetheless, impressed me to place out a hopefully nice rock'n'roll album sooner or later sooner or later, which I've at all times wished to do!," she added.

Parton was amongst an inventory of musicians nominated for the Rock Corridor this yr that included Eminem, Beck, Duran Duran, A Tribe Referred to as Quest, Lionel Richie and others. Followers can vote for his or her selection on the corridor's web site by way of April 29, and inductees will probably be introduced in Might.

Final month, Parton advised Billboard journal that she was "completely floored" to be thought-about for the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame, including that she "by no means considered myself as being rock and roll in any sense of the phrase."

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Dolly Parton introduced on social media on Monday that she is declining a nomination to the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame. Pictured, Parton performs at Agua Caliente On line casino on January 24, 2014 in Rancho Mirage, California.Valerie Macon/Getty Pictures

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