Early in my career I began receiving letters from a woman in the Midwest who claimed to be my mother.

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.

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.

I've seen people who have been coming to my shows for 25 years.

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

I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But he must have. Everybody cries.

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