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Charley Pride quotes: There only have been two people on this earth that I was nervous around: Chet Atkins and Mickey Mantle. It's because of the respect I have for them. There only have been two people on this earth that I was nervous around: Chet Atkins and Mickey Mantle. It's because of the respect I have for them.
Charley Pride quotes: Chet Atkins ... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived. Chet Atkins ... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived.
Charley Pride quotes: No one had ever told me that whites were supposed to sing one kind of music and blacks another - I sang what I liked in the only voice I No one had ever told me that whites were supposed to sing one kind of music and blacks another - I sang what I liked in the only voice I had.
Charley Pride quotes: 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. 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.
Charley Pride quotes: 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. 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.
Charley Pride quotes: I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange. I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange.
Charley Pride quotes: Baseball got into my blood early and I worked harder at it than anything. Baseball got into my blood early and I worked harder at it than anything.
Charley Pride quotes: There is an intimacy about the Opry Theater that gives an entertainer a special charge. There is an intimacy about the Opry Theater that gives an entertainer a special charge.
Charley Pride quotes: There were no guarantees that country music, whose roots were in the South, were ready for Charley Pride. There were no guarantees that country music, whose roots were in the South, were ready for Charley Pride.
Charley Pride quotes: What qualifies me to tell people how to act or what to think? I'm Charley Pride, country singer. Period. What qualifies me to tell people how to act or what to think? I'm Charley Pride, country singer. Period.
Charley Pride quotes: Flying was as necessary to my business as fiddles and footlights. Flying was as necessary to my business as fiddles and footlights.
Charley Pride quotes: My brothers and sisters all sang, too, and they all have good voices. My brothers and sisters all sang, too, and they all have good voices.
Charley Pride quotes: After 14 months of military service, I had a wife, a child, half an apartment, no car, and no job. After 14 months of military service, I had a wife, a child, half an apartment, no car, and no job.
Charley Pride quotes: Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you. Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you.
Charley Pride quotes: I might have become a minor celebrity but royalty checks were a long way off. I might have become a minor celebrity but royalty checks were a long way off.
Charley Pride quotes: I always wanted to grow up fast. I longed for more than the Mississippi Delta could give. I always wanted to grow up fast. I longed for more than the Mississippi Delta could give.
Charley Pride quotes: How often does a guy who lives and breathes baseball meet a woman who loves the game and understands it as well as he? How often does a guy who lives and breathes baseball meet a woman who loves the game and understands it as well as he?
Charley Pride quotes: I'm not James Brown. I'm not Sam Cooke. I'm Charley Pride. I'm just me and that's what you got. I'm not James Brown. I'm not Sam Cooke. I'm Charley Pride. I'm just me and that's what you got.
Charley Pride quotes: Mother was a talkative person, and I was a lot like her. Mother was a talkative person, and I was a lot like her.
Charley Pride quotes: A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble. A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble.
Charley Pride quotes: Fans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously. Fans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously.
Charley Pride quotes: I think there's enough room in country music for everybody. I think there's enough room in country music for everybody.
Charley Pride quotes: As far back as I can remember, the radio held a special fascination for me. As far back as I can remember, the radio held a special fascination for me.
Charley Pride quotes: The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and programmers and record company moguls. The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and programmers and record company moguls.
Charley Pride quotes: A lot of celebrities relish politics and are eager to lend their names to candidates and causes. I never wanted to be a spokesman for anybody. A lot of celebrities relish politics and are eager to lend their names to candidates and causes. I never wanted to be a spokesman for anybody.
Charley Pride quotes: 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. 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.
Charley Pride quotes: 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. 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.
Charley Pride quotes: For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with. For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with.
Charley Pride quotes: I learned to tune a guitar by ear. That method has served me pretty well. I learned to tune a guitar by ear. That method has served me pretty well.
Charley Pride quotes: Too many religious organizations are in the business of enforcing beliefs. Too many religious organizations are in the business of enforcing beliefs.
Charley Pride quotes: Not only are three-putt greens probable, at times they are an achievment. Not only are three-putt greens probable, at times they are an achievment.
Charley Pride quotes: Performing is an experience, for me, that is as humbling as it is energizing. Performing is an experience, for me, that is as humbling as it is energizing.
Charley Pride quotes: I realize I was more of a curiosity to the older Nashville artists than the new ones. I realize I was more of a curiosity to the older Nashville artists than the new ones.
Charley Pride quotes: It was unlikely that anyone had ever heard a black person sing country music. It was unlikely that anyone had ever heard a black person sing country music.
Charley Pride quotes: Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience probably never had the experience. Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience probably never had the experience.
Charley Pride quotes: Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting. Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.
Charley Pride quotes: 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. 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.
Charley Pride quotes: People pay attention to lyrics, and the race matter was delicate. People pay attention to lyrics, and the race matter was delicate.
Charley Pride quotes: I was sometimes jeered by black soldiers who wanted me to sing something besides country music. I was sometimes jeered by black soldiers who wanted me to sing something besides country music.
Charley Pride quotes: Besides good schools, a good airport, and the Cowboys, Dallas had golf courses, and golf was fast becoming an obsession with me. Besides good schools, a good airport, and the Cowboys, Dallas had golf courses, and golf was fast becoming an obsession with me.
Charley Pride quotes: It isn't reasonable to expect that everyone in the world is a country music fan. Not yet, anyway. It isn't reasonable to expect that everyone in the world is a country music fan. Not yet, anyway.
Charley Pride quotes: I've seen people who have been coming to my shows for 25 years. I've seen people who have been coming to my shows for 25 years.
Charley Pride quotes: In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley. In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.
Charley Pride quotes: If Detroit was a watershed concert for me, traveling with Willie Nelson through Texas and Louisiana was a milestone of a different sort. If Detroit was a watershed concert for me, traveling with Willie Nelson through Texas and Louisiana was a milestone of a different sort.
Charley Pride quotes: I believe it is possible to tell what sign some people were born under by watching their eyes, watching how they walk, how they talk. I believe it is possible to tell what sign some people were born under by watching their eyes, watching how they walk, how they talk.
Charley Pride quotes: 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. 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.
Charley Pride quotes: I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But he must have. Everybody cries. I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But he must have. Everybody cries.
Charley Pride quotes: I've tried to help a lot of young artists get started. I've tried to help a lot of young artists get started.
Charley Pride quotes: When I came up, there was room for the new and the old. For every new artist, an old one didn't have to be pushed out. When I came up, there was room for the new and the old. For every new artist, an old one didn't have to be pushed out.
Charley Pride quotes: A woman went so far as to hire private detectives to contact me to help bring her out of what she called a hypnotic trance. A woman went so far as to hire private detectives to contact me to help bring her out of what she called a hypnotic trance.
Charley Pride quotes: Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television. Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television.
Charley Pride quotes: Early in my career I began receiving letters from a woman in the Midwest who claimed to be my mother. Early in my career I began receiving letters from a woman in the Midwest who claimed to be my mother.
Charley Pride quotes: There were very few black people in Montana but we never felt out of place. There were very few black people in Montana but we never felt out of place.

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