There are worse things than being thought a Republican.

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

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

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

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

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.

I always wanted to grow up fast. I longed for more than the Mississippi Delta could give.