Carlene Carter Quotes
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My Smiths, my Carters, the Cashes - everybody embraced me and held my arms up when I couldn't do it myself.
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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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Eccentricity has never been discouraged in our family.
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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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Sometimes, it's good to stick to your guns.
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I like things all shined up and rocking with hooky pop choruses.
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I fly from the seat of my pants, basically.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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I love to be surrounded by nature.
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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 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 believe everything falls into place as it's supposed to.
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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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I've matured as a writer and human being. I've got some wisdom under my belt.
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It's a matriarchal family, the Carters. A.P. was the original head of the Carter family, but the women were always strong. There were no questions asked in that regard; you had better be strong.
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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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If someone asked me to do something I didn't want to do or didn't think was right, I wouldn't do it.