Music icon Dolly Parton opened up this week about her struggles with songwriting following her husband’s death. The country singer’s husband, Carl Thomas Dean, died in March at the age of 82. Parton, 79, sat down with Khloé Kardashian for an episode of her podcast, “Khloé in Wonder Land,” to discuss her work, past, present and future.

Dolly Parton made rare comments about her almost-60-year marriage to Carl Dean on Khloé Kardashian's podcast, 'Khloé in Wonder Land.'

Parton previously paid tribute to her late husband when she released “If You Hadn’t Been There,” a heartfelt ballad