Adams, Diane L. b. October 4, 1962 d. April 4, 1987 Country Music Singer. In 1978 at the age of 16 she released the single hit song "I'm Little (But I'm Loud)" in which she coined the phrase "I'm countrified and I don't care who knows it." She became a popular performer at the Bootheel Jamboree in Bernie, Missouri and was in the process of making a comeback when she was killed in a car crash at the age of 24. Morgan Memorial Park Cemetery, Advance, Stoddard County, Missouri, USA