A Black Man Singing About A Blond

The Tastes Of Country Music Fans Are Not Limited To The Narrow Range Defined By Consultants And Programmers And Record Company Moguls.

Even Now, When I'm Asked How I'm Doing, I Like To Reply, 'pretty Good. I've Got All My Fingers And Both Eyes.

Flying Was As Necessary To My Business As Fiddles And Footlights.

My Brothers And Sisters All Sang, Too, And They All Have Good Voices.

No One Had Ever Told Me That Whites Were Supposed To Sing One Kind Of Music And Blacks Another - I Sang What I Liked In The Only Voice I Had.