What we don't need in country music is divisiveness, public criticism of each other, and some arbitrary judgement of what belongs and what doesn't.

Fans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously.

There are worse things than being thought a Republican.

What we don't need in country music is divisiveness, public criticism of each other, and some arbitrary judgement of what belongs and what doesn't.

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.

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