People pay attention to lyrics, and the race matter was delicate.

I loved Mississippi and do to this day. The rainbows that stretch from horizon to horizon after a summer rain are the most spectacular I have ever seen.

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

A fan will grab you and hug you and will not let go. When that happens, you wish it could be that way all over the world.

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.

My brothers and sisters all sang, too, and they all have good voices.

I was sometimes jeered by black soldiers who wanted me to sing something besides country music.