“ I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But he must have. Everybody cries. Charley Pride
“ 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. Charley Pride
“ For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with. Charley Pride
“ 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 Pride
“ I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange. 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. Charley Pride
“ I don't care what the religion is called as far as I'm concerned, one God, the God I adhere to, is in charge of all of them. Charley Pride
