In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.
Flying was as necessary to my business as fiddles and footlights.
I've tried to help a lot of young artists get started.
There were no guarantees that country music, whose roots were in the South, were ready for Charley Pride.
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.
I learned to tune a guitar by ear. That method has served me pretty well.