I began playing Branson during the 1992 season and was a little amazed. There were about 30 celebrity theatres there and more are being added all the time.

Singing as a full-time job was not something I had given a lot of thought to and I had no clear notion of the money to be made in it.

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.

There only have been two people on this earth that I was nervous around: Chet Atkins and Mickey Mantle. It's because of the respect I have for them.

Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.

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

Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television.