Charley Pride Quotes - Page 2

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• Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience probably never had the experience.

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  Fans, Adoration, Entertainers

  Charley Pride, Jim Henderson (1994). “Pride: the Charley Pride story”, William Morrow & Co

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• Not only are three-putt greens probable, at times they are an achievment.

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  Golf, Three

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• Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.

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  Names, Politician, Well Known

  Charley Pride, Jim Henderson (1994). “Pride: the Charley Pride story”, William Morrow & Co

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

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  Mother, Like Her, Talkative

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• I might have become a minor celebrity but royalty checks were a long way off.

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  Long, Might, Way

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• 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.

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  Detectives, Helping, Trance

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• I was sometimes jeered by black soldiers who wanted me to sing something besides country music.

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  Country, Soldier, Black

  Charley Pride, Jim Henderson (1994). “Pride: the Charley Pride story”, William Morrow & Co

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• It used to be that if you had a pretty good record, you could stop by a station in Little Rock or Atlanta and let the DJ listen to it. No way something like that can happen now.

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  Rocks, Atlanta, Way

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• I finally came to terms with manic depression and lithium. I've taken lithium regularly for the past few years and have had no further bouts with manic depression.

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  Depression, Taken, Past

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• I learned to tune a guitar by ear. That method has served me pretty well.

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  Guitar, Tunes, Ears

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• A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble.

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  Girl, Men, Black

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

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  Artist, Years, Records

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• 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.

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  Jobs, Singing, Made

  Charley Pride, Jim Henderson (1994). “Pride: the Charley Pride story”, William Morrow & Co

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• Johnny Duncan was one of the first opening acts I hired for my show, and he is the one who initiated me into astrology. I got hooked. It made a lot of sense to me.

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  Astrology, Firsts, Duncan

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

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  Player, Guitar, Guitar Player

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• How often does a guy who lives and breathes baseball meet a woman who loves the game and understands it as well as he?

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  Baseball, Games, Guy

  Charley Pride, Jim Henderson (1994). “Pride: the Charley Pride story”, William Morrow & Co

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• Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television.

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  Television, Saws

  Charley Pride, Jim Henderson (1994). “Pride: the Charley Pride story”, William Morrow & Co

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• A lot of celebrities relish politics and are eager to lend their names to candidates and causes. I never wanted to be a spokesman for anybody.

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  Names, Causes, Wanted

  Charley Pride, Jim Henderson (1994). “Pride: the Charley Pride story”, William Morrow & Co

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• After 14 months of military service, I had a wife, a child, half an apartment, no car, and no job.

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  Jobs, Children, Military

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• I believe it is possible to tell what sign some people were born under by watching their eyes, watching how they walk, how they talk.

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  Believe, Eye, People

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• Until MTV, television had not been a huge influence on music. To compete with MTV, the country music moguls felt they had to appeal to the same young audience and do it the way MTV did.

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  Country, Mtv, Moguls

  Charley Pride, Jim Henderson (1994). “Pride: the Charley Pride story”, William Morrow & Co

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• There were very few black people in Montana but we never felt out of place.

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  People, Black, Montana

  Charley Pride, Jim Henderson (1994). “Pride: the Charley Pride story”, William Morrow & Co

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• Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you.

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  Advice, Fans, Helpful

  Charley Pride, Jim Henderson (1994). “Pride: the Charley Pride story”, William Morrow & Co

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• I've tried to help a lot of young artists get started.

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  Artist, Helping, Young

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• I've seen people who have been coming to my shows for 25 years.

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  Years, People, Shows

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