I've flown out of character so many times. In that sense I've been lucky, because I've been given the liberty to do just about anything I've wanted to do in my lifetime.

 31 in CMT's 40 Greatest Women in Country Music in 2002. Carter and the entire Carter Family had performed with Johnny Cash for a number of years. Finally in 1950 Opry management relented and the group along with Atkins became part of the Opry company.

 31 in CMT's 40 Greatest Women in Country Music in 2002. [dead link] She was ranked No. Carter Cash was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame in 2009.