I was sometimes jeered by black soldiers who wanted me to sing something besides country music.

I might have become a minor celebrity but royalty checks were a long way off.

Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.

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

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

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

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