Until MTV, television had not been a huge influence on music. To compete with MTV, the country music moguls felt they had to appeal to the same young audience and do it the way MTV did.

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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...

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 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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

There are worse things than being thought a Republican.

There are worse things than being thought a Republican.

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...

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....

Listening to country music alone in your car is a guaranteed way to make sure...

Listening to country music alone in your car is a guaranteed way to make sure...

Country music stays at the top off the charts because the people who listen to...

Country music stays at the top off the charts because the people who listen to...