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" 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

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

" I love to be surrounded by nature. "

" 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. "

" I'm really about my family and really proud of being a Carter. "

" There are no rules when it comes to songwriting, so I'd turn Carter family songs from the 1930s into pop songs. "

" Eccentricity has never been discouraged in our family. "

" 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've always been one to throw caution to the wind, and my motto has been, 'Never have a dull moment.' Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't, but I don't think I'd have it much differently. "

" 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. "

" Music should be judged on what you hear, not what you think you might hear. "

" 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. "

" There's something unnatural about losing a sibling when they're young. "

" I've matured as a writer and human being. I've got some wisdom under my belt. "

" Be yourself. And every person is unique. "

" Musically, I always wanted to experiment. "

" There was a period where I was a little scared that I'd blown my chance. "

" I was thinking about it: so many of my stories are about my family life, not about being related to a lot of famous people. That's my grandma, that's my mama, my daddy, my aunt, my uncle, my stepdaddy. I'd probably tell them even if they weren't well known. "

" I've always had wanderlust to try and do different things, but I always return to the music of the Carter family. "

" I always have to just be myself. Anything else, I'm not happy, and it comes out musically. "