In the late '70s, I was falling into the middle lane. I was way too country to be rock, and way too rock to be a country act. — Carlene Carter 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 albums to figure out how to do that. — 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
