Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience probably never had the experience.

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

Performing is an experience, for me, that is as humbling as it is energizing.

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

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'm not James Brown. I'm not Sam Cooke. I'm Charley Pride. I'm just me and that's what you got.