Even city people have ancestors who had their hands in the dirt. — Carlene Carter Ancestors Copy Share Image
When I'm on stage, I know exactly where I am. It's not an ego thing or anything like that, but I am… — Carlene Carter Body Copy Share Image
MusiCares was really good to me. I can't say enough how MusiCares helps other people. They really, really helped me. They have… — Carlene Carter Enough Copy Share Image
There's something unnatural about losing a sibling when they're young. — Carlene Carter About Copy Share Image
When I first came out, country wouldn't touch me because I was way too rock, and rock wouldn't touch me because I… — Carlene Carter Country Copy Share Image
I just know what I want, and I'm willing to butt heads with folks to get it. — Carlene Carter Butt 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
I think, looking back, there was a lot of fear of success in me. When you are successful, you have to keep… — Carlene Carter Fear Copy Share Image
If someone asked me to do something I didn't want to do or didn't think was right, I wouldn't do it. — Carlene Carter Me Copy Share Image
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 can laugh and cry at the drop of a freakin' hat - all at the same time. — Carlene Carter Cry 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 Play Copy Share Image
My mother has always been open about all kinds of music and entertainment. She wanted us to see that it was not… — Carlene Carter Country 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 always wanted to be the rockin'est country chick in the universe. — Carlene Carter Always Copy Share Image
Basically, I grew up watching Carter girls on stage, watching my grandmother, my mom and my aunts perform. They used to say,… — Carlene Carter Grandmother Copy Share Image
I've always had wanderlust to try and do different things, but I always return to the music of the Carter family. — Carlene Carter Always Copy Share Image
I'm a bubbling brew of emotions, but mostly, I'm an optimistic person. — Carlene Carter Brew 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 Family Copy Share Image
I challenged myself to carry on the style of guitar that my grandmother did: the Carter scratch. — Carlene Carter Did Copy Share Image
If someone gets married at 15, they're either dumb or pregnant. I was both. — Carlene Carter Both Copy Share Image
