I realize I was more of a curiosity to the older Nashville artists than the new ones. — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
It was unlikely that anyone had ever heard a black person sing country music. — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
I was sometimes jeered by black soldiers who wanted me to sing something besides country music. — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
It isn't reasonable to expect that everyone in the world is a country music fan. Not yet, anyway. — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
Until MTV, television had not been a huge influence on music. To compete with MTV, the country music moguls felt they had… — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
If Detroit was a watershed concert for me, traveling with Willie Nelson through Texas and Louisiana was a milestone of a different… — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and programmers and record company moguls. — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
There were no guarantees that country music, whose roots were in the South, were ready for Charley Pride. — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
What qualifies me to tell people how to act or what to think? I'm Charley Pride, country singer. Period. — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
What we don't need in country music is divisiveness, public criticism of each other, and some arbitrary judgement of what belongs and… — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
There were very few black people in Montana but we never felt out of place. — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you. — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
A woman went so far as to hire private detectives to contact me to help bring her out of what she called a hypnotic… — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
I learned to tune a guitar by ear. That method has served me pretty well. — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
It isn't reasonable to expect that everyone in the world is a country music fan. Not yet, anyway. — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
I try to keep my feet on the ground. Even though I appreciate the fame and adoration, I remember once I used to pick… — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
A fan will grab you and hug you and will not let go. When that happens, you wish it could be that way all… — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
My brothers and sisters all sang, too, and they all have good voices. — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange. — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
