There’s one “nay” vote on the Tennessee State Legislature’s proposal to erect a statue of singer/songwriter/actress/businesswoman/philanthropist Dolly Parton, and it comes from Dolly Parton.

The Tennessee native has asked that a bill introduced into by state lawmakers that would install her statue on the Tennessee Capitol grounds be removed from consideration, saying that she doesn’t want to be commemorated with a statue – at least, not yet.

“Given all that’s going on in the world, I don’t think putting me on a pedestal is appropriate at this time,” she said in a statement posted to Twitter.

She continued, “I hope, though, that somewhere down the road several years from now or perhaps after I’m gone if you still feel I deserve it, then I’m certain I will stand proud in our great State Capitol as a grateful Tennessean.”

Parton, whose Dollywood amusement park is located in the town of Pigeon Forge, has long been revered in the state for her talent as well as her philanthropy. She founded the Imagination Library that has provided more than 100 million books to children around the world since she started it there in 1995.

She’s also given scholarships to students in her native Sevier County, performed benefit concerts for victims of natural disasters in the state and, last year, notably donated one million dollars to help speed the development of a Coronavirus vaccine at Moderna.

Talk of a Parton statue at the state capitol began last year, as lawmakers debated removing statues including one of Confederate general and Ku Klux Klan leader Nathaniel Bedford. More than 25,000 of her fans have signed a change.org petition to put a statue of Parton in place of all the Confederate ones.

A tribute to the “Jolene” and “I Will Always Love You” singer in her hometown of Sevierville, Tennessee was completed in 1987.