The time I spent thinking about how I was better than somebody else or worrying about somebody else's attitude was time I could put to better use.
I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But he must have. Everybody cries.
I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange.
What we don't need in country music is divisiveness, public criticism of each other, and some arbitrary judgement of what belongs and what doesn't.
I don't care what the religion is called as far as I'm concerned, one God, the God I adhere to, is in charge of all of them.
Even now, when I'm asked how I'm doing, I like to reply, 'Pretty good. I've got all my fingers and both eyes.
I've tried to help a lot of young artists get started.
I think there's enough room in country music for everybody.
Chet Atkins... Is probably the best guitar player who ever lived.
Singing as a full-time job was not something I had given a lot of thought to and I had no clear notion of the money to be made in it.
Performing is an experience, for me, that is as humbling as it is energizing.
A fan will grab you and hug you and will not let go. When that happens, you wish it could be that way all over the world.
There is an intimacy about the Opry Theater that gives an entertainer a special charge.
The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and programmers and record company moguls.
In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.
Too many religious organizations are in the business of enforcing beliefs.
Fans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously.
Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television.
I don't care what the religion is called; as far as I'm concerned, one God, the God I adhere to, is in charge of all of them.
What qualifies me to tell people how to act or what to think? I'm Charley Pride, country singer. Period.
