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Charley Pride Quotes

Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television Picture Quote #1

Chet Atkins... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived Picture Quote #1

There are worse things than being thought a Republican Picture Quote #1

My brothers and sisters all sang, too, and they all have good voices Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

There is an intimacy about the Opry Theater that gives an entertainer a special charge Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

What qualifies me to tell people how to act or what to think? I’m Charley Pride, country singer. Period Picture Quote #1

I loved Mississippi and do to this day. The rainbows that stretch from horizon to horizon after a summer rain are the most spectacular I have ever seen Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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It was unlikely that anyone had ever heard a black person sing country music Picture Quote #1

I was sometimes jeered by black soldiers who wanted me to sing something besides country music Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I’m not James Brown. I’m not Sam Cooke. I’m Charley Pride. I’m just me and that’s what you got Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It isn’t reasonable to expect that everyone in the world is a country music fan. Not yet, anyway Picture Quote #1

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What qualifies me to tell people how to act or what to think? I’m Charley Pride, country singer. Period Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

There were no guarantees that country music, whose roots were in the South, were ready for Charley Pride Picture Quote #1

Besides good schools, a good airport, and the Cowboys, Dallas had golf courses, and golf was fast becoming an obsession with me Picture Quote #1

For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley Picture Quote #1

I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with Picture Quote #1

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Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television (Charley Pride Quotes) Chet Atkins... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived (Charley Pride Quotes) There are worse things than being thought a Republican (Charley Pride Quotes) My brothers and sisters all sang, too, and they all have good voices (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 had. (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 had (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 (Charley Pride Quotes) There is an intimacy about the Opry Theater that gives an entertainer a special charge (Charley Pride Quotes) 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 (Charley Pride Quotes) What qualifies me to tell people how to act or what to think? I’m Charley Pride, country singer. Period (Charley Pride Quotes) I loved Mississippi and do to this day. The rainbows that stretch from horizon to horizon after a summer rain are the most spectacular I have ever seen. (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. (Charley Pride Quotes) It was unlikely that anyone had ever heard a black person sing country music (Charley Pride Quotes) I was sometimes jeered by black soldiers who wanted me to sing something besides country music (Charley Pride Quotes) 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 (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. (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. (Charley Pride Quotes) It isn’t reasonable to expect that everyone in the world is a country music fan. Not yet, anyway. (Charley Pride Quotes) What qualifies me to tell people how to act or what to think? I’m Charley Pride, country singer. Period. (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. (Charley Pride Quotes) There were no guarantees that country music, whose roots were in the South, were ready for Charley Pride. (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. (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. (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. (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. (Charley Pride Quotes) In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley (Charley Pride Quotes) I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange (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 (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 (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 (Charley Pride Quotes)

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