Parton shared how she left the security of working with Porter Wagoner, who had the most successful syndicated TV show in country music, because she wanted to try new things — writing different songs, exploring new styles. People told her she'd lost her mind. She branched into pop music and dance music while critics squawked, and her lawyer thought she was crazy when she announced plans to build a theme park called Dollywood. But she knew that even if she fell flat on her face, at least she would have tried and learned something from it. Learning, she told the graduates, is all about taking chances and rolling up your sleeves.