I've always had wanderlust to try and do different things, but I always return to the music of the Carter family. — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
Working with Mellencamp, I made new fans, people that may have never heard of me. They may have heard I was related… — Carlene Carter 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 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
It's a matriarchal family, the Carters. A.P. was the original head of the Carter family, but the women were always strong. There… — 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 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
I was thinking about it: so many of my stories are about my family life, not about being related to a lot… — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
I do feel I'm responsible to carrying on the music. That's what I was charged with as a kid. When I was… — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
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… — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
Hopefully, people will rediscover real country music. After all, it's in my blood. — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
Sometimes I get emotional when I'm doing 'Lonesome Valley' or 'Wildwood Rose.' — Carlene Carter 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
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
I do feel I'm responsible to carrying on the music. That's what I was charged with as a kid. When I was a little… — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
I always have to just be myself. Anything else, I'm not happy, and it comes out musically. — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
