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I don't have any regrets at all.
I love to be surrounded by nature.
Lots of girls marry at 16 in Tennessee.
Be yourself. And every person is unique.
You can have a big hit and not get rich.
Musically, I always wanted to experiment.
I fly from the seat of my pants, basically.
Sometimes, it's good to stick to your guns.
I have great stories. I am going to write a book.
I started playing piano when I was 6, ukulele at 7.
Eccentricity has never been discouraged in our family.
I'm really about my family and really proud of being a Carter.
I hate parameters. They immediately alienate a bunch of people.
I never, by any regard, ever denied any part of my family roots.
Even city people have ancestors who had their hands in the dirt.
I like things all shined up and rocking with hooky pop choruses.
I always wanted to be the rockin'est country chick in the universe.
I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
I'm a bubbling brew of emotions, but mostly, I'm an optimistic person.
There's something unnatural about losing a sibling when they're young.
There was a period where I was a little scared that I'd blown my chance.
I can laugh and cry at the drop of a freakin' hat - all at the same time.
If someone gets married at 15, they're either dumb or pregnant. I was both.
Music should be judged on what you hear, not what you think you might hear.
I just know what I want, and I'm willing to butt heads with folks to get it.
I've matured as a writer and human being. I've got some wisdom under my belt.
Sometimes I get emotional when I'm doing 'Lonesome Valley' or 'Wildwood Rose.'
Hopefully, people will rediscover real country music. After all, it's in my blood.
I always have to just be myself. Anything else, I'm not happy, and it comes out musically.
Grandma and Mama showed me that you always have to give as much as you can, no matter what.
One good thing is I was instilled with really good values. My mom treats everyone the same.
Whenever I get to a point I'm so tired that I forgot the verse of a song, I know I'm burnt out.
I challenged myself to carry on the style of guitar that my grandmother did: the Carter scratch.
I'm kind of a perfectionist about my songwriting. If I don't mean it, I don't think it's any good.
The first five albums I did, I tried a little bit of everything. I was trying not to conform at all.
My Smiths, my Carters, the Cashes - everybody embraced me and held my arms up when I couldn't do it myself.
There are no rules when it comes to songwriting, so I'd turn Carter family songs from the 1930s into pop songs.
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.
I've always had wanderlust to try and do different things, but I always return to the music of the Carter family.
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.
I learned how to sing in front of a lot of people and to hone my skills alongside some of the greatest performers of all time.
I'd had three husbands by 23. The second was a songwriter who couldn't handle the fact the little lady was doing better than him.
I've always wanted to make records that rock like hell. But also, I've never wanted to compromise that Country place deep inside.
I moved back to Tennessee in '86 or '87. That's when I worked with the Carter Family because I really wanted to understand my roots.
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.
I feel the audience are friends that have come to see us. That was always how we look on it in the Carter Family. I've never suffered stage fright.
My mother has always been open about all kinds of music and entertainment. She wanted us to see that it was not just country music and the Grand Ole Opry.
I grew up quick because my family was away a lot, and I took care of my sister. Then in my 20s, I went through my teens, with these 'wild abandon' things.
The first time I went on stage as an adult was touring with the Johnny Cash Show. I'd sang as a child. But my grown-up initiation was as part of that band.
Basically, I grew up watching Carter girls on stage, watching my grandmother, my mom and my aunts perform. They used to say, 'Okay, Carter girls, you're on!'