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.

As far back as I can remember, the radio held a special fascination for me.

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.

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

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.

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 with manic depression.

There were no guarantees that country music, whose roots were in the South, were ready for Charley Pride.