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

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Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.

Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.

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...

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.

There are worse things than being thought a Republican.

There are worse things than being thought a Republican.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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 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....

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...

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

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

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 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,...

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...

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...

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...

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.