It was unlikely that anyone had ever heard a black person sing country music.

I learned to tune a guitar by ear. That method has served me pretty well.

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

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

It was unlikely that anyone had ever heard a black person sing country music.

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

After 14 months of military service, I had a wife, a child, half an apartment, no car, and no job.