Charley Pride

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

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.

A fan will grab you and hug you and will not let go. When that happens, you wish it could be that way all over the world.

I have always had confidence in my own ability.

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'