I like to do one thing at a time and do it to the best of my ability. — Carlene Carter Ability Copy Share Image
I just know what I want, and I'm willing to butt heads with folks to get it. — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
I've matured as a writer and human being. I've got some wisdom under my belt. — Carlene Carter Being Copy Share Image
Even city people have ancestors who had their hands in the dirt. — Carlene Carter Ancestors Copy Share Image
I'm a bubbling brew of emotions, but mostly, I'm an optimistic person. — Carlene Carter Brew Copy Share Image
I wanted to play rocking country music, and when I started out in the late Seventies, it took me a couple of… — Carlene Carter Country Copy Share Image
The first five albums I did, I tried a little bit of everything. I was trying not to conform at all. — Carlene Carter Albums Copy Share Image
I feel the audience are friends that have come to see us. That was always how we look on it in the… — Carlene Carter Audience Copy Share Image
The first time I went on stage as an adult was touring with the Johnny Cash Show. I'd sang as a child.… — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
I moved back to Tennessee in '86 or '87. That's when I worked with the Carter Family because I really wanted to… — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
Whenever I've not known what to do, I've always gone back to the Carter Family because there was nothing like singing with… — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
I learned how to sing in front of a lot of people and to hone my skills alongside some of the greatest… — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to make records that rock like hell. But also, I've never wanted to compromise that Country place deep inside. — Carlene Carter Compromise Copy Share Image
I wood-shedded for a year to play Grandma's simple stuff. It's not that simple, and I don't use picks the way she… — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
My grandma passed in '78, and that's the year I started recording. It's also the year that my dad retired from his… — Carlene Carter Dad Copy Share Image
I've always been one to throw caution to the wind, and my motto has been, 'Never have a dull moment.' Sometimes it… — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
I grew up on the side of the stage. I never had a fear of an audience. I never felt like they… — Carlene Carter Audience Copy Share Image
Music should be judged on what you hear, not what you think you might hear. — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
One good thing is I was instilled with really good values. My mom treats everyone the same. — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
It's all for a reason and all happened the way it was supposed to happen. — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
I can laugh and cry at the drop of a freakin' hat - all at the same time. — Carlene Carter Comedy Copy Share Image
There's something unnatural about losing a sibling when they're young. — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be the rockin'est country chick in the universe. — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
There was a period where I was a little scared that I'd blown my chance. — Carlene Carter Chance Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I challenged myself to carry on the style of guitar that my grandmother did: the Carter scratch. — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
I grew up quick because my family was away a lot, and I took care of my sister. Then in my 20s,… — Carlene Carter Care Copy Share Image
I don't know how I got out of some of the scrapes I was in. But I know that there's some sort… — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
In the late '70s, I was falling into the middle lane. I was way too country to be rock, and way too… — Carlene Carter Country Copy Share Image
I got into photography when my kids were little, and I continued talking pictures over the years. — Carlene Carter Children Copy Share Image
There are no rules when it comes to songwriting, so I'd turn Carter family songs from the 1930s into pop songs. — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
Don't try to be like somebody else. You'll be miserable. You need to be yourself, and don't ever get a big head. — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
Whenever I get to a point I'm so tired that I forgot the verse of a song, I know I'm burnt out. — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
Everyone deals with loss. I'm no different, but we all find our ways of coming through things. Is it tough? Of course,… — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
