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
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
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
Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience probably never had the experience. – Charley Pride
I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange. – Charley Pride
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
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
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
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
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
The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and programmers and record company moguls. – Charley Pride
There is an intimacy about the Opry Theater that gives an entertainer a special charge. – Charley Pride
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
Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you. – Charley Pride
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
I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But he must have. Everybody cries. – Charley Pride
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. – Charley Pride
