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American - Musician Born: September 26, 1955

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

Family Music Try Always

I love rock n' rollers.

Love Rock I 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.

You Yourself Be Yourself Try

I believe everything falls into place as it's supposed to.

Believe Place Everything I 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.

Deep Hell Place Never

I love to be surrounded by nature.

Love Nature Surrounded I Love

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

Family Proud Being About

I'm pretty much an open book.

Book Pretty Open Open Book

I'm a bubbling brew of emotions, but mostly, I'm an optimistic person.

Emotions Person Optimistic Brew

I have great stories. I am going to write a book.

I Am Great Book Going

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

Myself Happy Always Just

Be yourself. And every person is unique.

Yourself Be Yourself Unique Person

My Smiths, my Carters, the Cashes - everybody embraced me and held my arms up when I couldn't do it myself.

Myself Me Everybody Up

I'm kind of a perfectionist about my songwriting. If I don't mean it, I don't think it's any good.

Good Think Mean About

I've had a few ditty hits.

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.

Family Roots Understand Back

Lots of girls marry at 16 in Tennessee.

Marry Tennessee Lots

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

Chance Scared Where Little

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

Wisdom Human Being Being Some

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.'

Family Music You Girl

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.

Life Family People Thinking

I started playing piano when I was 6, ukulele at 7.

Piano Playing Started Ukulele

I always wanted to be the rockin'est country chick in the universe.

Universe Country Always Wanted

If someone gets married at 15, they're either dumb or pregnant. I was both.

Someone Dumb Either Pregnant

My songs are about who I am.

I Am Who About Songs

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

Family Rules Turn Songwriting

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