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“What qualifies me to tell people how to act or what to think? I'm Charley Pride, country singer. Period.”

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There were very few black people in Montana but we never felt out of place.

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Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you.

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A woman went so far as to hire private detectives to contact me to help bring her out of what she called a hypnotic…

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I learned to tune a guitar by ear. That method has served me pretty well.

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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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I try to keep my feet on the ground. Even though I appreciate the fame and adoration, I remember once I used to pick…

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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…

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I've seen people who have been coming to my shows for 25 years.

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I've tried to help a lot of young artists get started.

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My brothers and sisters all sang, too, and they all have good voices.

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If Detroit was a watershed concert for me, traveling with Willie Nelson through Texas and Louisiana was a milestone of a different sort.

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I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange.

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