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.

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Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.

Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.

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...

For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the...

For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the...

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis...

In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis...

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

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

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

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

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....

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

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

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,...

There are worse things than being thought a Republican.

There are worse things than being thought a Republican.

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...