Charley Pride Quotes

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• Not only are three-putt greens probable, at times they are an achievment.
• I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But he must have. Everybody cries.
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange.
• Chet Atkins... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived.
• Fans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously.
• A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble.
• Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you.
• Too many religious organizations are in the business of enforcing beliefs.
• Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television.
• It isn't reasonable to expect that everyone in the world is a country music fan. Not yet, anyway.
• In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.
• Performing is an experience, for me, that is as humbling as it is energizing.
• I learned to tune a guitar by ear. That method has served me pretty well.
• 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…
• 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.
• For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with.
• Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience probably never had the experience.

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