Mother was a talkative person, and I was a lot like her.

Chet Atkins... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived.

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.

As far back as I can remember, the radio held a special fascination for me.

Singing as a full-time job was not something I had given a lot of thought to and I had no clear notion of the money to be made in it.

Flying was as necessary to my business as fiddles and footlights.