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 Always Copy Share Image
Hopefully, people will rediscover real country music. After all, it's in my blood. — Carlene Carter Blood Copy Share Image
Sometimes I get emotional when I'm doing 'Lonesome Valley' or 'Wildwood Rose.' — Carlene Carter Doing 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 Good 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 Out 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 Alive Copy Share Image
I never, by any regard, ever denied any part of my family roots. — Carlene Carter Family Copy Share Image
I always have to just be myself. Anything else, I'm not happy, and it comes out musically. — Carlene Carter Always 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 Always 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
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 Be yourself Copy Share Image
I hate parameters. They immediately alienate a bunch of people. — Carlene Carter Bunch Copy Share Image
I like things all shined up and rocking with hooky pop choruses. — Carlene Carter Like 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 1930s 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 Back 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
