In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.

I began playing Branson during the 1992 season and was a little amazed. There were about 30 celebrity theatres there and more are being added all the time.

I think there's enough room in country music for everybody.

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

A woman went so far as to hire private detectives to contact me to help bring her out of what she called a hypnotic trance.

People pay attention to lyrics, and the race matter was delicate.

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