No one had ever told me that whites were supposed to sing one kind of music and blacks another - I sang what I liked in the only voice I had.
Charley PrideThere were no guarantees that country music, whose roots were in the South, were ready for Charley Pride.
Charley PrideWhat 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.
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