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There was a period where I was a little scared that I'd blown my chance.
Carlene Carter -
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.
Carlene Carter
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I fly from the seat of my pants, basically.
Carlene Carter -
I like things all shined up and rocking with hooky pop choruses.
Carlene Carter -
My songs are about who I am.
Carlene Carter -
I'm kind of a perfectionist about my songwriting. If I don't mean it, I don't think it's any good.
Carlene Carter -
There are no rules when it comes to songwriting, so I'd turn Carter family songs from the 1930s into pop songs.
Carlene Carter -
Hopefully, people will rediscover real country music. After all, it's in my blood.
Carlene Carter
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I challenged myself to carry on the style of guitar that my grandmother did: the Carter scratch.
Carlene Carter -
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.
Carlene Carter -
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.
Carlene Carter -
I like to do one thing at a time and do it to the best of my ability.
Carlene Carter -
I believe everything falls into place as it's supposed to.
Carlene Carter -
The first five albums I did, I tried a little bit of everything. I was trying not to conform at all.
Carlene Carter
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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.
Carlene Carter -
I love to be surrounded by nature.
Carlene Carter -
I've matured as a writer and human being. I've got some wisdom under my belt.
Carlene Carter -
If someone asked me to do something I didn't want to do or didn't think was right, I wouldn't do it.
Carlene Carter -
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.
Carlene Carter -
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.
Carlene Carter
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I've always had wanderlust to try and do different things, but I always return to the music of the Carter family.
Carlene Carter -
I always have to just be myself. Anything else, I'm not happy, and it comes out musically.
Carlene Carter -
Grandma and Mama showed me that you always have to give as much as you can, no matter what.
Carlene Carter -
I just know what I want, and I'm willing to butt heads with folks to get it.
Carlene Carter