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. Carlene Carter Read Quote
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. Carlene Carter Read Quote
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. Carlene Carter Read Quote
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. Carlene Carter Read Quote
When I’m on stage, I know exactly where I am. It’s not an ego thing or anything like that, but I am more in my body and aware of myself and aware of what I’m doing, and I feel more from that, from sharing the music. Carlene Carter Read Quote
I wood-shedded for a year to play Grandma’s simple stuff. It’s not that simple, and I don’t use picks the way she does. But I played them as authentically as I could, with the flat-picking. Carlene Carter Read Quote
Hopefully, people will rediscover real country music. After all, it’s in my blood. Carlene Carter Read Quote
