Charley Pride Quotes about Country

I think there's enough room in country music for everybody.

I think there's enough room in country music for everybody.

Country, Thinking, Rooms

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

Country, Judgement, Criticism

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

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

Charley Pride

Country, Black, Unlikely

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

It isn't reasonable to expect that everyone in the world is a country music fan. Not yet, anyway.

Charley Pride

Country, Fans, World

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

Charley Pride

Country, Pride, Thinking

The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and programmers and record company moguls.

Charley Pride

Country, Fans, Moguls

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

Charley Pride

Country, Pride, Guarantees That

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

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

Charley Pride

Country, Soldier, Black

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

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.

Charley Pride

Country, Mtv, Moguls

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

Charley Pride Quotes about Country

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