The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and programmers and record company moguls.
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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.Charley Pride
There are worse things than being thought a Republican.
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One thing I've noticed about him is he doesn't get into the social-political discussion of race. I steer clear of it myself. If I put out good music, it doesn't matter what I look like.
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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.
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When I came up, there was room for the new and the old. For every new artist, an old one didn't have to be pushed out.
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What qualifies me to tell people how to act or what to think? I'm Charley Pride, country singer. Period.
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I'm still proud of what I've done, even if it hasn't been the biggest song on the radio or hasn't gone to number one.
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Finally, I would like to remind record companies that they have a cultural responsibility to give the buying public great music. Milking a trend to death is not contributing to culture and is ultimately not profitable.
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