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Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience probably never had the experience.
Charley Pride
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Charley Pride
Age: 82 †
Born: 1938
Born: March 18
Died: 2020
Died: December 12
Baseball Player
Businessperson
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Songwriter
Sledge
Mississippi
Charley Frank Pride
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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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I always wanted to grow up fast. I longed for more than the Mississippi Delta could give.
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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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Flying was as necessary to my business as fiddles and footlights.
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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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Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you.
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I loved Mississippi and do to this day. The rainbows that stretch from horizon to horizon after a summer rain are the most spectacular I have ever seen.
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