In the '20s and '30s, there were these musicals either set on college campuses or based on classical stories, so any of the Rodgers and Hart musicals certainly influenced me. I was definitely influenced by any of the 'Porgy' songs; I was influenced by 'American Pie.'


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CARLENE CARTER
I believe everything falls into place as it's supposed to.
CARLENE CARTER
Grandma and Mama showed me that you always have to give as much as you can, no matter what.
CARLENE CARTER
I always have to just be myself. Anything else, I'm not happy, and it comes out musically.
CARLENE CARTER
There's something unnatural about losing a sibling when they're young.
CARLENE CARTER
Be yourself. And every person is unique.
CARLENE CARTER
If someone suddenly lost their director the day before shooting and wanted me to step in, I'd be...
CARTER BURWELL
I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker t...
JIMMY CARTER
Coming off that Pennington game, he had a little extra incentive against Hamilton. Taylor was ahead ...
BRIAN CARTER
They all stayed together and they have a good chemistry. We saw it coming.
BRIAN CARTER
Faith enables persons to be persons because it lets God be God.
CARTER LINDBERG
Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods
ANGELA CARTER
Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation
ANGELA CARTER
He was going to go to the Institute of Art in Boston. He was going for music. He was going to be a p...
ALICE CARTER
Teachers are selfless, creative, warm people.
ALICE CARTER
The supplies that are appropriate for classroom use, we're making arrangements to have them picked u...
ALICE CARTER
The teachers were just shocked and saddened and we tried everything we could. The board tried to see...
ALICE CARTER
We've had daily donations (this year) since Jan. 2. We have that many regular donors.
ALICE CARTER
Learn her skills, honor her sword, and keep her secrets.
ALLY CARTER
It is an occupational hazard that anyone who has spent her life learning how to lie eventually becom...
ALLY CARTER
Because death is the only thing that could have ever kept him from you.
ALLY CARTER
We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon.
JIMMY CARTER
If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have to have confidence...
ROSALYNN CARTER
Cammie!" I'll never forget the tone of Macey's voice in that moment. "Cam," she said slowly, moving ...
ALLY CARTER
...maybe it's only fitting that relationship that started with a lie would end with one.
ALLY CARTER
Not knowing you can't do something, is sometimes all it takes to do it.
ALLY CARTER
A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It...
JIMMY CARTER
I think it's one of the scars in our culture that we have too high an opinion of ourselves. We align...
ANGELA CARTER
There are lots of things that you can brush under the carpet about yourself until you're faced with ...
ANGELA CARTER
The kind of power mothers have is enormous. Take the skyline of Istanbul -- enormous breasts, pathet...
ANGELA CARTER
We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.
JIMMY CARTER
Our decision about energy will test the character of the American people and the ability of the Pres...
JIMMY CARTER
According to Gandhi, the seven sins are wealth without works, pleasure without conscience, knowledge...
JIMMY CARTER
I thought a lot about our Nation and what I should do as President. And Sunday night before last, I ...
JIMMY CARTER
Well, as you know, there are many things in life that are not fair, that wealthy people can afford a...
JIMMY CARTER