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 can have a big hit and not get rich.
I'm a bubbling brew of emotions, but mostly, I'm an optimistic person.
Even city people have ancestors who had their hands in the dirt.
I've always wanted to make records that rock like hell. But also, I've never wanted to compromise that Country place deep inside.
Eccentricity has never been discouraged in our family.
I have great stories. I am going to write a book.
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.
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.
Sometimes I get emotional when I'm doing 'Lonesome Valley' or 'Wildwood Rose.'
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'm pretty much an open book.
There are no rules when it comes to songwriting, so I'd turn Carter family songs from the 1930s into pop songs.
Hopefully, people will rediscover real country music. After all, it's in my blood.
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.
I started playing piano when I was 6, ukulele at 7.
