I believe it is possible to tell what sign some people were born under by watching their eyes, watching how they walk, how they talk.
There were no guarantees that country music, whose roots were in the South, were ready for Charley Pride.
A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble.
Performing is an experience, for me, that is as humbling as it is energizing.
I've tried to help a lot of young artists get started.
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.