Deana Carter Quotes

My father, Fred Carter, Jr., is definitely an extraordinaire.

I toured in Europe first, before I did any touring in the U.S. It was with Jimmy Nail and others.

The songs come from a vulnerable place, but expressing that part of yourself can also make you feel fearless.

I'm a big fan of '70s records where artists could draw on whatever influences they wanted.

My relationship with Music Row has always been, from my end, optimistic and hopeful that there is more than one way to approach the writing, recording, and marketing of an album.

I never excluded any genre on my first record.

I never listened to country music growing up.

Any album that I ever put out I'm going to send it to country radio first.

I was in relationship with a guy who was much older than me - either he was past his prime and I was coming into mine. There was nothing I could do to keep his attention.

I've been in LA for 5 years now, and it's been very freeing creatively.

I love Nashville, and I love the South, but on a professional level, I had started feeling smothered by the Nashville way of doing things.

James Michael and I played everything on the album, then brought in the guys in my band to add their spirit to it with solos and specific parts.

But once you become successful, everyone has an idea of what you should do.

No matter what you do for a living all we have is music to get through certain situations.

Yes, we do mimic our parents in a lot of ways.

There's a lot of freedom for me living in L.A.

How do I tell you what my heart's been telling me?

I also love real estate and decorating.

Once you get away from where you're from, you look at it in a different way.

If heartaches and tears and shadows of doubt are part of the deal you can count me out but if your talking about a game I can win You can count me in