81 Quotes by Charley Pride

There is an intimacy about the Opry Theater that gives an entertainer a special charge.

Too many religious organizations are in the business of enforcing beliefs.

What qualifies me to tell people how to act or what to think? I'm Charley Pride, country singer. Period.

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

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.

When I came up, there was room for the new and the old. For every new artist, an old one didn't have to be pushed out.

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.

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

I realize I was more of a curiosity to the older Nashville artists than the new ones.