81 Quotes by Charley Pride

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.

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

If Detroit was a watershed concert for me, traveling with Willie Nelson through Texas and Louisiana was a milestone of a different sort.

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

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

It was unlikely that anyone had ever heard a black person sing country music.

Early in my career I began receiving letters from a woman in the Midwest who claimed to be my mother.

I try to keep my feet on the ground. Even though I appreciate the fame and adoration, I remember once I used to pick cotton, and I felt like even then I was somebody. I have the same feet, hands and heart like everyone else. I'm just also blessed with a good voice.

One thing I've noticed about him is he doesn't get into the social-political discussion of race. I steer clear of it myself. If I put out good music, it doesn't matter what I look like.