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Carlene Carter Quotes

American - Musician | September 26, 1955 -

I just know what I want, and I'm willing to butt heads with folks to get it.

Know Want Butt Get Willing Just

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.

Mother Music Country Entertainment

I was always in a big hurry to do everything. Before I was 20, I was married twice and had two kids. But I don't regret any of it. I learned a lot about myself. I had a lot to say for someone my age, real early on.

Age Myself Regret Someone Early Say

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 questions asked in that regard; you had better be strong.

Family Women Be Strong Strong Better

I got into photography when my kids were little, and I continued talking pictures over the years.

Talking Photography Pictures Over

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.

Late Country Rock Way Falling Lane

The first five albums I did, I tried a little bit of everything. I was trying not to conform at all.

Trying First Everything Little Five

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!'

Mom You Say Grandmother Okay Stage

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.

Music Me Late Country Play Out

I've always wanted to make records that rock like hell. But also, I've never wanted to compromise that Country place deep inside.

Deep Compromise Hell Country Place

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 and my mom to my grandma.

Family Mom Singing Back Nothing

My grandma passed in '78, and that's the year I started recording. It's also the year that my dad retired from his career. So it's funny how torches get passed on, and you feel a responsibility to be connected to the music that they did and try to carry it on in your own way.

Funny Music Responsibility Year You

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