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.

The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and programmers and record company moguls.

I try to keep my feet on the ground. Even though I appreciate the fame and adoration, I remember once I used to pick cotton, and I felt like even then I was somebody. I have the same feet, hands and heart like everyone else. I'm just also blessed with a good voice.

No one church has all the answers or the perfect map to the Promised Land, and I prefer to work out my own faith and my own convictions in the seclusion of my own mind.

Johnny Duncan was one of the first opening acts I hired for my show, and he is the one who initiated me into astrology. I got hooked. It made a lot of sense to me.

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.