Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience probably never had the experience.

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Chet Atkins... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived.

Chet Atkins... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived.

Even now, when I'm asked how I'm doing, I like to reply, 'Pretty good. I've...

Even now, when I'm asked how I'm doing, I like to reply, 'Pretty good. I've...

A fan will grab you and hug you and will not let go. When that...

A fan will grab you and hug you and will not let go. When that...

I don't care what the religion is called; as far as I'm concerned, one God,...

I don't care what the religion is called; as far as I'm concerned, one God,...

Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television.

Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television.

Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you.

Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you.

No one had ever told me that whites were supposed to sing one kind of...

No one had ever told me that whites were supposed to sing one kind of...

There are worse things than being thought a Republican.

There are worse things than being thought a Republican.

When I came up, there was room for the new and the old. For every...

When I came up, there was room for the new and the old. For every...

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

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

I've tried to help a lot of young artists get started.

I've tried to help a lot of young artists get started.

What qualifies me to tell people how to act or what to think? I'm Charley...

What qualifies me to tell people how to act or what to think? I'm Charley...

It isn't reasonable to expect that everyone in the world is a country music fan....

It isn't reasonable to expect that everyone in the world is a country music fan....

What we don't need in country music is divisiveness, public criticism of each other, and...

What we don't need in country music is divisiveness, public criticism of each other, and...

I think there's enough room in country music for everybody.

I think there's enough room in country music for everybody.

Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.

Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.

The time I spent thinking about how I was better than somebody else or worrying...

The time I spent thinking about how I was better than somebody else or worrying...

The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by...

The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by...

Performing is an experience, for me, that is as humbling as it is energizing.

Performing is an experience, for me, that is as humbling as it is energizing.

It used to be that if you had a pretty good record, you could stop...

It used to be that if you had a pretty good record, you could stop...