Charley Pride quotes
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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.”
-- Charley PrideSource : Charley Pride, Jim Henderson (1994). “Pride: the Charley Pride story”, William Morrow & Co
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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.”
-- Charley PrideSource : Charley Pride, Jim Henderson (1994). “Pride: the Charley Pride story”, William Morrow & Co
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“In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.”
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“Fans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously.”
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“I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange.”
-- Charley PrideSource : Charley Pride, Jim Henderson (1994). “Pride: the Charley Pride story”, William Morrow & Co
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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.”
-- Charley PrideSource : Charley Pride, Jim Henderson (1994). “Pride: the Charley Pride story”, William Morrow & Co
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“Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you.”
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“A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble.”
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“Chet Atkins... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived.”
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“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.”
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“The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and programmers and record company moguls.”
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“Not only are three-putt greens probable, at times they are an achievment.”
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“I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But he must have. Everybody cries.”
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“I finally came to terms with manic depression and lithium. I've taken lithium regularly for the past few years and have had no further bouts with manic depression.”
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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.”
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“Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.”
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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.”
-- Charley PrideSource : Charley Pride, Jim Henderson (1994). “Pride: the Charley Pride story”, William Morrow & Co
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“There is an intimacy about the Opry Theater that gives an entertainer a special charge.”
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“I've tried to help a lot of young artists get started.”
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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.”
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“I think there's enough room in country music for everybody.”
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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.”
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“Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience probably never had the experience.”
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“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.”
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“I learned to tune a guitar by ear. That method has served me pretty well.”
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“Performing is an experience, for me, that is as humbling as it is energizing.”
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“It isn't reasonable to expect that everyone in the world is a country music fan. Not yet, anyway.”
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“Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television.”
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“Too many religious organizations are in the business of enforcing beliefs.”
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“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 PrideSource : "Nashville Gathers to remember Chet Atkins, 'Mr. Guitar'" by Michael Gray, www.mtv.com. July 02, 2001.
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