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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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.

Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.

Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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.

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...

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

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

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...