Flying was as necessary to my business as fiddles and footlights.
A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble.
I've tried to help a lot of young artists get started.
There were no guarantees that country music, whose roots were in the South, were ready for Charley Pride.
I always wanted to grow up fast. I longed for more than the Mississippi Delta could give.
The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and programmers and record company moguls.