If someone asked me to do something I didn't want to do or didn't think was right, I wouldn't do it.

I've always been one of those people - once I start something, I have to get it all out, because it gets me.

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

I think, looking back, there was a lot of fear of success in me. When you are successful, you have to keep it up... it requires you to be responsible, and I had been pretty irresponsible.

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

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.