Carlene Carter Quotes
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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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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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I like things all shined up and rocking with hooky pop choruses.
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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 don't really have any ditties left in me anymore.
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I'm kind of a perfectionist about my songwriting. If I don't mean it, I don't think it's any good.
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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 mother has always been open about all kinds of music and entertainment. She wanted us to see that it was not just country music and the Grand Ole Opry.
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Eccentricity has never been discouraged in our family.
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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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My songs are about who I am.
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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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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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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've always had wanderlust to try and do different things, but I always return to the music of the Carter family.
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I believe everything falls into place as it's supposed to.
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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 like to do one thing at a time and do it to the best of my ability.
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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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I love to be surrounded by nature.
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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.