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title: "3 Grandma Quotes By Carlene Carter"
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> [Whenever I've not known what to do, I've always gone back to the Carter Family because there was nothing like singing with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlene-carter/whenever-i-ve-not-known-what-to-do-i-ve-always-gone-back-to-the/)

[Carlene Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlene-carter/)

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> [Grandma and Mama showed me that you always have to give as much as you can, no matter what.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlene-carter/grandma-and-mama-showed-me-that-you-always-have-to-give-as-much-as/)

[Carlene Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlene-carter/)

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> [My grandma passed in '78, and that's the year I started recording. It's also the year that my dad retired from his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlene-carter/my-grandma-passed-in-78-and-that-s-the-year-i-started-recording-it-s/)

[Carlene Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlene-carter/)

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## Other authors on Grandma

## More by Carlene Carter

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlene-carter/it-s-a-matriarchal-family-the-carters-a-p-was-the-original-head-of/)

[Carlene Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlene-carter/)

> [Hopefully, people will rediscover real country music. After all, it's in my blood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlene-carter/hopefully-people-will-rediscover-real-country-music-after-all-it-s-in/)

[Carlene Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlene-carter/)

> [You can have a big hit and not get rich.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlene-carter/you-can-have-a-big-hit-and-not-get-rich/)

[Carlene Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlene-carter/)

> [“I love you so much I hate you...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlene-carter/i-love-you-so-much-i-hate-you/)

[Carlene Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlene-carter/)

> [I believe everything falls into place as it's supposed to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlene-carter/i-believe-everything-falls-into-place-as-it-s-supposed-to/)

[Carlene Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlene-carter/)

> [Sometimes I get emotional when I'm doing 'Lonesome Valley' or 'Wildwood Rose.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlene-carter/sometimes-i-get-emotional-when-i-m-doing-lonesome-valley-or-wildwood/)

[Carlene Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlene-carter/i-m-kind-of-a-perfectionist-about-my-songwriting-if-i-don-t-mean-it-i/)

[Carlene Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlene-carter/)

> [Whenever I get to a point I'm so tired that I forgot the verse of a song, I know I'm burnt out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlene-carter/whenever-i-get-to-a-point-i-m-so-tired-that-i-forgot-the-verse-of-a/)

[Carlene Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlene-carter/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlene-carter/i-do-feel-i-m-responsible-to-carrying-on-the-music-that-s-what-i-was/)

[Carlene Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlene-carter/)

> [Eccentricity has never been discouraged in our family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlene-carter/eccentricity-has-never-been-discouraged-in-our-family/)

[Carlene Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlene-carter/)

> [I never, by any regard, ever denied any part of my family roots.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlene-carter/i-never-by-any-regard-ever-denied-any-part-of-my-family-roots/)

[Carlene Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlene-carter/)

> [I always have to just be myself. Anything else, I'm not happy, and it comes out musically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlene-carter/i-always-have-to-just-be-myself-anything-else-i-m-not-happy-and-it/)

[Carlene Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlene-carter/)

> [Whenever I've not known what to do, I've always gone back to the Carter Family because there was nothing like singing with my aunts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlene-carter/whenever-i-ve-not-known-what-to-do-i-ve-always-gone-back-to-the/)

[Carlene Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlene-carter/)

> [Lots of girls marry at 16 in Tennessee.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlene-carter/lots-of-girls-marry-at-16-in-tennessee/)

[Carlene Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlene-carter/)

> [I've matured as a writer and human being. I've got some wisdom under my belt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlene-carter/i-ve-matured-as-a-writer-and-human-being-i-ve-got-some-wisdom-under/)

[Carlene Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlene-carter/)

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