--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: Miley Cyrus by Dolly Parton: TIME 100 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3fd21312a5ced717/69868b5e35ba6f7857c0194d/miley-cyrus-time-100-feat.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 24, 2014 # Miley Cyrus by Dolly Parton  Christopher Morris—VII for TIME If I didn’t know how smart and talented Miley is, I might worry about her. But I’ve watched her grow up. So I don’t. She knows what she’s doing. She was very proud of the work she did as Hannah Montana, but people were gonna leave her there forever. And she was just smotherin’ and chokin’ in it. So she felt she had to do something completely drastic. And she did. She made her point, she made her mark, and more power to her. “Wrecking Ball” is a great song. The whole album is great. So I’m hoping that now she can relax and show people how talented she really is. ’Cause the girl can write. The girl can sing. The girl is smart. And she doesn’t have to be so drastic. But I will respect her choices. I did it my way, so why can’t she do it her way? ### Backstage at Bangerz With Miley Cyrus  Miley Cyrus, "The Bangerz Tour" at the Verizon Center in Washington DC. Christopher Morris—VII for TIME  Miley Cyrus, "The Bangerz Tour" at the Verizon Center in Washington DC. Shown here prior to the concert, backstage in the dinning room joined by her cast of furry friends and cartoon characters. Christopher Morris—VII for TIME  Miley Cyrus, "The Bangerz Tour" at the Verizon Center in Washington DC. Christopher Morris—VII for TIME  Miley Cyrus, "The Bangerz Tour" at the Verizon Center in Washington DC. Christopher Morris—VII for TIME  Miley Cyrus, "The Bangerz Tour" at the Verizon Center in Washington DC. Shown here prior to the concert, backstage in the dinning room joined by her cast of furry friends and cartoon characters. Christopher Morris—VII for TIME  Miley Cyrus, "The Bangerz Tour" at the Verizon Center in Washington DC. Shown here prior to the concert, backstage in the dinning room joined by her cast of furry friends and cartoon characters. Christopher Morris—VII for TIME  Miley Cyrus, "The Bangerz Tour" at the Verizon Center in Washington DC. Shown here are her backup dancers backstage prior to the show. Christopher Morris—VII for TIME  Miley Cyrus, "The Bangerz Tour" at the Verizon Center in Washington DC. Christopher Morris—VII for TIME  Miley Cyrus, "The Bangerz Tour" at the Verizon Center in Washington DC. Christopher Morris—VII for TIME  Miley Cyrus, "The Bangerz Tour" at the Verizon Center in Washington DC. Shown here are her backup dancers backstage prior to the show. Christopher Morris—VII for TIME  Miley Cyrus, "The Bangerz Tour" at the Verizon Center in Washington DC. Shown here are her backup dancers backstage prior to the show. Christopher Morris—VII for TIME  Miley Cyrus, "The Bangerz Tour" at the Verizon Center in Washington DC. Christopher Morris—VII for TIME  Miley Cyrus, "The Bangerz Tour" at the Verizon Center in Washington DC. Christopher Morris—VII for TIME _Parton is a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and Cyrus’ godmother_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/2014-time-100/70803/miley-cyrus-2014-time-100/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/2014-time-100/70803/miley-cyrus-2014-time-100/"},"headline":"Miley Cyrus","datePublished":"2014-04-24T01:10:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T02:23:45.597Z","description":"The pop provocateur","url":"https://time.com/collections/2014-time-100/70803/miley-cyrus-2014-time-100/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3fd21312a5ced717/69868b5e35ba6f7857c0194d/miley-cyrus-time-100-feat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3fd21312a5ced717/69868b5e35ba6f7857c0194d/miley-cyrus-time-100-feat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/2014-time-100/70803/miley-cyrus-2014-time-100/","name":"Miley Cyrus"}}]}] ```