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In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.
Charley Pride
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Charley Pride
Age: 82 †
Born: 1938
Born: March 18
Died: 2020
Died: December 12
Baseball Player
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Guitarist
Musician
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Mississippi
Charley Frank Pride
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A woman went so far as to hire private detectives to contact me to help bring her out of what she called a hypnotic trance.
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The time I spent thinking about how I was better than somebody else or worrying about somebody else's attitude was time I could put to better use.
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It used to be that if you had a pretty good record, you could stop by a station in Little Rock or Atlanta and let the DJ listen to it. No way something like that can happen now.
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It isn't reasonable to expect that everyone in the world is a country music fan. Not yet, anyway.
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I realize I was more of a curiosity to the older Nashville artists than the new ones.
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It was unlikely that anyone had ever heard a black person sing country music.
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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.
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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.
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Besides good schools, a good airport, and the Cowboys, Dallas had golf courses, and golf was fast becoming an obsession with me.
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