For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with.

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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....

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...

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...

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...

Until MTV, television had not been a huge influence on music. To compete with MTV,...

Until MTV, television had not been a huge influence on music. To compete with MTV,...

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...

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.

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

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

A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble.

A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble.

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...

Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience...

Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience...

I learned to tune a guitar by ear. That method has served me pretty well.

I learned to tune a guitar by ear. That method has served me pretty well.

I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But...

I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But...

Fans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously.

Fans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously.

Singing as a full-time job was not something I had given a lot of thought...

Singing as a full-time job was not something I had given a lot of thought...

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...

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...

Too many religious organizations are in the business of enforcing beliefs.

Too many religious organizations are in the business of enforcing beliefs.

I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange.

I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange.

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.