Quotes by Charley Pride

About Charley Pride:

Charley Frank Pride is an American country music singer, musician/guitarist, recording artist, performer, and business owner. His greatest musical success came in the early- to mid-1970s when he became the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis Presley. In total, he has garnered 39 No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.
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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.

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

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Fans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously.

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Chet Atkins... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived.

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Performing is an experience, for me, that is as humbling as it is energizing.

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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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For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with.

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Too many religious organizations are in the business of enforcing beliefs.

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

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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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There is an intimacy about the Opry Theater that gives an entertainer a special charge.

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In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.

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There are worse things than being thought a Republican.

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Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.

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

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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.

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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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Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television.

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Author Bio

  • NameCharley Pride
  • DescriptionUS baseball player and country singer
  • BornMarch 18, 1938
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionBaseball Player; Musician
  • AwardsGrammy Award; Favorite Country Male Artist; Favorite Country Male Artist