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. (Charley Pride)
I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange. View quote
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Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you. View quote
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I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But he must have. Everybody cries. View quote
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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. View quote
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For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with. View quote
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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. View quote
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I think there's enough room in country music for everybody. View quote
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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. View quote
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Performing is an experience, for me, that is as humbling as it is energizing. View quote
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There are worse things than being thought a Republican. (Charley Pride)
The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and programmers and record company moguls. View quote
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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. View quote
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Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting. View quote
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Too many religious organizations are in the business of enforcing beliefs. View quote
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It used to be that if you had a pretty good record, you could stop by a station in Little Rock or Atlanta and let the DJ listen to it. No way something like that can happen now. View quote
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I learned to tune a guitar by ear. That method has served me pretty well. View quote
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A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble. View quote
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In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley. View quote
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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. View quote
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Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience probably never had the experience. (Charley Pride)
Chet Atkins... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived. View quote
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Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television. View quote
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There is an intimacy about the Opry Theater that gives an entertainer a special charge. View quote
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Until MTV, television had not been a huge influence on music. To compete with MTV, the country music moguls felt they had to appeal to the same young audience and do it the way MTV did. View quote
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Charley Pride

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Occupation: American Musician
Born: March 18, 1934
Died: December 12, 2020
Quotes count: 31

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