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Charley Pride

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JACK WHITE I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange.
CHARLEY PRIDE Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience probably never ha...
CHARLEY PRIDE Fans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously.
CHARLEY PRIDE It used to be that if you had a pretty good record, you could stop by a station in Little Rock or At...
CHARLEY PRIDE For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces t...
CHARLEY PRIDE Performing is an experience, for me, that is as humbling as it is energizing.
CHARLEY PRIDE Even now, when I'm asked how I'm doing, I like to reply, 'Pretty good. I've got all my fingers and b...
CHARLEY PRIDE When I came up, there was room for the new and the old. For every new artist, an old one didn't ...
CHARLEY PRIDE The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and prog...
CHARLEY PRIDE There is an intimacy about the Opry Theater that gives an entertainer a special charge.
CHARLEY PRIDE It's a way to showcase themselves and get involved in the community.
CHARLEY PRIDE I think they do that not just with the election, but in general.
CHARLEY PRIDE Charley Pride was a regular feature at the New Mexico State Fair from 1971-75; they raised money and...
CHARLEY PRIDE One thing I've noticed about him is he doesn't get into the social-political discussion of race. I s...
CHARLEY PRIDE When they asked me, I didn't hesitate. I don't get a chance to do many things that aren't so schedul...
CHARLEY PRIDE It's so nice to give back.
CHARLEY PRIDE It's all for the kids,
CHARLEY PRIDE Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you.
CHARLEY PRIDE Too many religious organizations are in the business of enforcing beliefs.
CHARLEY PRIDE Until MTV, television had not been a huge influence on music. To compete with MTV, the country music...
CHARLEY PRIDE In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.
CHARLEY PRIDE Singing as a full-time job was not something I had given a lot of thought to and I had no clear noti...
CHARLEY PRIDE Chet Atkins... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived.
CHARLEY PRIDE A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble.
CHARLEY PRIDE There are worse things than being thought a Republican.
CHARLEY PRIDE I think there's enough room in country music for everybody.
CHARLEY PRIDE The time I spent thinking about how I was better than somebody else or worrying about somebody else&...
CHARLEY PRIDE I don't care what the religion is called; as far as I'm concerned, one God, the God I adhere...
CHARLEY PRIDE Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.
CHARLEY PRIDE What we don't need in country music is divisiveness, public criticism of each other, and some ar...
CHARLEY PRIDE I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But he must have. Everybody cries.
CHARLEY PRIDE Even now, when I'm asked how I'm doing, I like to reply, 'Pretty good. I've got all ...
CHARLEY PRIDE No one had ever told me that whites were supposed to sing one kind of music and blacks another - I s...
CHARLEY PRIDE A fan will grab you and hug you and will not let go. When that happens, you wish it could be that wa...
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I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange.
CHARLEY PRIDE Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience probably never ha...
CHARLEY PRIDE What qualifies me to tell people how to act or what to think? I'm Charley Pride, country singer....
CHARLEY PRIDE Fans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously.
CHARLEY PRIDE It used to be that if you had a pretty good record, you could stop by a station in Little Rock or At...
CHARLEY PRIDE For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces t...
CHARLEY PRIDE Performing is an experience, for me, that is as humbling as it is energizing.
CHARLEY PRIDE Even now, when I'm asked how I'm doing, I like to reply, 'Pretty good. I've got all my fingers and b...
CHARLEY PRIDE When I came up, there was room for the new and the old. For every new artist, an old one didn't ...
CHARLEY PRIDE The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and prog...
CHARLEY PRIDE There is an intimacy about the Opry Theater that gives an entertainer a special charge.
CHARLEY PRIDE It's a way to showcase themselves and get involved in the community.
CHARLEY PRIDE I think they do that not just with the election, but in general.
CHARLEY PRIDE Charley Pride was a regular feature at the New Mexico State Fair from 1971-75; they raised money and...
CHARLEY PRIDE One thing I've noticed about him is he doesn't get into the social-political discussion of race. I s...
CHARLEY PRIDE When they asked me, I didn't hesitate. I don't get a chance to do many things that aren't so schedul...
CHARLEY PRIDE It's so nice to give back.
CHARLEY PRIDE It's all for the kids,
CHARLEY PRIDE Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you.
CHARLEY PRIDE Too many religious organizations are in the business of enforcing beliefs.
CHARLEY PRIDE Until MTV, television had not been a huge influence on music. To compete with MTV, the country music...
CHARLEY PRIDE In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.
CHARLEY PRIDE Singing as a full-time job was not something I had given a lot of thought to and I had no clear noti...
CHARLEY PRIDE Chet Atkins... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived.
CHARLEY PRIDE A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble.
CHARLEY PRIDE There are worse things than being thought a Republican.
CHARLEY PRIDE I think there's enough room in country music for everybody.
CHARLEY PRIDE The time I spent thinking about how I was better than somebody else or worrying about somebody else&...
CHARLEY PRIDE I don't care what the religion is called; as far as I'm concerned, one God, the God I adhere...
CHARLEY PRIDE Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.
CHARLEY PRIDE What we don't need in country music is divisiveness, public criticism of each other, and some ar...
CHARLEY PRIDE I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But he must have. Everybody cries.
CHARLEY PRIDE Even now, when I'm asked how I'm doing, I like to reply, 'Pretty good. I've got all ...
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CHARLEY PRIDE I think that any given day we could have given them a better game than we did. They're good hitters....
ASHLEY PRIDE We just need to keep doing what we've been doing and things will get back on track for us.
ASHLEY PRIDE I don't feel like we're playing bad all the time. I just think that we're not getting the breaks. We...
ASHLEY PRIDE When you score 21 points in one game it's really nice. Then you turn around and can't get anything g...
ASHLEY PRIDE Gai offers more opportunities for Hugh with her big stable, and you can't blame him.
JOSEPH PRIDE He'll hang in there, for sure. It's going to be a big test for him. He's going to learn a lot this w...
DICKY PRIDE The golf course is playing very difficult and I'm playing very solid. The greens are in such good sh...
DICKY PRIDE My goal is to play and improve and finish in the top-20, ... There have been a couple of rough stret...
DICKY PRIDE The major problem is that the public has been convinced that child abuse is a major problem.
MARY PRIDE Never vote for a candidate whose campaign promises include ‘doing more for children.
MARY PRIDE I thought she could have won.
JOSEPH PRIDE If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang.
CHARLEY REESE The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been ...
CHARLEY REESE Government is inherently incompetent, and no matter what task it is assigned, it will do it in the m...
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CHARLEY ARMEY He's starting to show up more and more in the right place. He's highly competitive. And once he gets...
CHARLEY ARMEY He is very impressive. I was in San Diego and he ran the 40 in a 4.3.
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CHARLEY ARMEY This is a good draft class. These guys are all going to be good players.
CHARLEY ARMEY We have senior leadership and they have a lot of poise. [The guys] are not panicking [when they fall...
CHARLEY JURIS Especially considering that the Bruins scored 11 goals on Robinson the previous week.
CHARLEY JURIS Congress seems to want to cure every ill known to man except unconstitutional government and high ta...
CHARLEY REESE This year, with the other station, we don't have a problem. We have a solution.
CHARLEY JOHNSON For the individuals who are participating, the families, the children, the goldfish, it's a very exc...
CHARLEY LEVINE It's definitely a good way to start. I definitely played the par-fives well. With five par- fives ou...
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CHARLEY JURIS The tribes didn't send you a check and they sell the same things that I sell. Idaho and its citizens...
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CHARLEY CASSERLY We've worked hard since we started and all the work is paying off. Most of the players have played i...
CHARLEY JURIS We're pleased to have acquired him. The reason we targeted him on the first day of free agency was b...
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CHARLEY THOMAS Yes I've been told that's inaccurate by a source good enough for me to stand up here to quote it. Ot...
CHARLEY CASSERLY I've been told it was inaccurate by a source good enough for me to quote it.
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CHARLEY CASSERLY We're probably younger than we have been, but we still believe we have made improvements.
CHARLEY CASSERLY We're getting better every year,
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CHARLEY BOYCE You never want to lose on Wednesday; that's for sure. But, I guess if you're more of a lackadaisical...
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CHARLEY WOLK At this point, there's nothing I can do but pray.
CHARLEY WOLK It's a cosmetic problem. It isn't like a worm that gets in an apple.
CHARLEY WOLK Tell him it's about fishing.
CHARLEY WINNER Joe was the first guy there in the morning and the last guy to leave in the afternoon.
CHARLEY WINNER Not what you were led to believe in the newspapers.
CHARLEY WINNER I go to counseling. I go to counseling through the VA and it's helped me a lot.
CHARLEY TRUJILLO It's OK when you're over there, but it's more difficult when you get home because then they take you...
CHARLEY TRUJILLO There's a tremendous amount of pride and tradition. While we haven't had the kind of success the las...
CHARLEY TOOMEY It's no secret we haven't shot the ball well this year and we came out for 30 minutes and shot the b...
CHARLEY TOOMEY Defensively we hung in there, but it seemed like our offense was playing catch with their goalie. We...
CHARLEY TOOMEY Early on we played good defense, got some great looks [on offense] but just couldn't score. You got ...
CHARLEY TOOMEY I think he's one of the great young coaches in lacrosse because of his great work ethic and because ...
CHARLEY TOOMEY It's unbelievable. It (the ice) was curling awesome and the speed was great, and it was an exciting ...
CHARLEY THOMAS We just weren't getting any breaks. Jeff Stoughton said the same thing heading into the (Olympic) Tr...
CHARLEY THOMAS We can back from the dead here.
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CHARLEY CASSERLY I think it will probably be April before this thing gets serious.
CHARLEY CASSERLY We... are not really free if we can't control our own government and its policies. And we will n...
CHARLEY REESE Nobody should hit .200. Anybody should hit .250.
CHARLEY LAU There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither of them works.
CHARLEY LAU We're compressing a tremendous amount of work in a short period of time. Our focus is to get the sto...
RAY CHARLEY I think given the tenor of the times and the feelings of some people that it was necessary to put th...
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COMMISSIONER CHARLEY MARTIN Put that into context with $50, it's not an overwhelming amount.
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