Charley Pride
Charley Pride
Charley Frank Prideis an American country music singer, musician/guitarist, recording artist, performer, and business owner. His greatest musical success came in the early- to mid-1970s when he became the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis Presley. During the peak years of his recording career, he garnered 52 top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 29 of which made it to number one...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth18 March 1938
CitySledge, MS
CountryUnited States of America
Early in my career I began receiving letters from a woman in the Midwest who claimed to be my mother.
I've seen people who have been coming to my shows for 25 years.
I learned to tune a guitar by ear. That method has served me pretty well.
Even now, when I'm asked how I'm doing, I like to reply, 'Pretty good. I've got all my fingers and both eyes.
Too many religious organizations are in the business of enforcing beliefs.
I've tried to help a lot of young artists get started.
I finally came to terms with manic depression and lithium. I've taken lithium regularly for the past few years and have had no further bouts with manic depression.
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.
Chet Atkins... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived.
A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble.
It isn't reasonable to expect that everyone in the world is a country music fan. Not yet, anyway.
Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.
There is an intimacy about the Opry Theater that gives an entertainer a special charge.
I was sometimes jeered by black soldiers who wanted me to sing something besides country music.