My songs are about who I am. Carlene Carter More Quotes by Carlene Carter More Quotes From Carlene Carter I've always had wanderlust to try and do different things, but I always return to the music of the Carter family. Carlene Carter try always family music I love rock n' rollers. Carlene Carter rock i-love love 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 yourself try you I believe everything falls into place as it's supposed to. Carlene Carter everything place i-believe believe I've always wanted to make records that rock like hell. But also, I've never wanted to compromise that Country place deep inside. Carlene Carter deep place hell country I love to be surrounded by nature. Carlene Carter surrounded i-love nature love I'm really about my family and really proud of being a Carter. Carlene Carter about being family proud I'm pretty much an open book. Carlene Carter open pretty open-book book I'm a bubbling brew of emotions, but mostly, I'm an optimistic person. Carlene Carter brew emotions person optimistic I have great stories. I am going to write a book. Carlene Carter going i-am great book I always have to just be myself. Anything else, I'm not happy, and it comes out musically. Carlene Carter just myself always happy Be yourself. And every person is unique. Carlene Carter person be-yourself yourself unique My Smiths, my Carters, the Cashes - everybody embraced me and held my arms up when I couldn't do it myself. Carlene Carter everybody myself up me 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 think songwriting mean I've had a few ditty hits. Carlene Carter hits few had 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. Carlene Carter back understand family roots Lots of girls marry at 16 in Tennessee. Carlene Carter marry lots tennessee There was a period where I was a little scared that I'd blown my chance. Carlene Carter little where scared chance I've matured as a writer and human being. I've got some wisdom under my belt. Carlene Carter human-being some being wisdom 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 girl, I was told, 'When we are gone' - when you're a kid, you never think they'll ever be gone - 'you have to keep the music alive, the Carter Family songs, and add your own songs.' Carlene Carter you family music girl
