There were no guarantees that country music, whose roots were in the South, were ready for Charley Pride.

I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange.

A lot of celebrities relish politics and are eager to lend their names to candidates and causes. I never wanted to be a spokesman for anybody.

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

Besides good schools, a good airport, and the Cowboys, Dallas had golf courses, and golf was fast becoming an obsession with me.

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.

For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with.