Even city people have ancestors who had their hands in the dirt.

I'd had three husbands by 23. The second was a songwriter who couldn't handle the fact the little lady was doing better than him.

I've had a few ditty hits.

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.

My songs are about who I am.

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