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.

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.

No one church has all the answers or the perfect map to the Promised Land, and I prefer to work out my own faith and my own convictions in the seclusion of my own mind.

The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and programmers and record company moguls.

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

Baseball got into my blood early and I worked harder at it than anything.

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