Carlene Carter Quotes
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Hopefully, people will rediscover real country music. After all, it's in my blood.
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I don't really have any ditties left in me anymore.
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I've always been one to throw caution to the wind, and my motto has been, 'Never have a dull moment.' Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't, but I don't think I'd have it much differently.
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I grew up on the side of the stage. I never had a fear of an audience. I never felt like they were separated from us. We were all in the living room, and it happens to be a big living room. I continue to operate on that assumption.
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My songs are about who I am.
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There are no rules when it comes to songwriting, so I'd turn Carter family songs from the 1930s into pop songs.
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I fly from the seat of my pants, basically.
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I like things all shined up and rocking with hooky pop choruses.
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I challenged myself to carry on the style of guitar that my grandmother did: the Carter scratch.
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Everyone deals with loss. I'm no different, but we all find our ways of coming through things. Is it tough? Of course, but you find the strength to push on through.
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The first five albums I did, I tried a little bit of everything. I was trying not to conform at all.
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I moved back to Tennessee in '86 or '87. That's when I worked with the Carter Family because I really wanted to understand my roots.
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I love to be surrounded by nature.
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I grew up quick because my family was away a lot, and I took care of my sister. Then in my 20s, I went through my teens, with these 'wild abandon' things.
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I like to do one thing at a time and do it to the best of my ability.
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I believe everything falls into place as it's supposed to.
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I was always in a big hurry to do everything. Before I was 20, I was married twice and had two kids. But I don't regret any of it. I learned a lot about myself. I had a lot to say for someone my age, real early on.
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I've matured as a writer and human being. I've got some wisdom under my belt.
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Basically, I grew up watching Carter girls on stage, watching my grandmother, my mom and my aunts perform. They used to say, 'Okay, Carter girls, you're on!'
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If someone asked me to do something I didn't want to do or didn't think was right, I wouldn't do it.
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I always have to just be myself. Anything else, I'm not happy, and it comes out musically.
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Grandma and Mama showed me that you always have to give as much as you can, no matter what.
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I've always been one of those people – once I start something, I have to get it all out, because it gets me.
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I learned how to sing in front of a lot of people and to hone my skills alongside some of the greatest performers of all time.