There Are Worse Things Than Being Thought

Fans Are What Make A Performer And I've Always Taken Them Seriously.

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.

I'm Not James Brown. I'm Not Sam Cooke. I'm Charley Pride. I'm Just Me And That's What You Got.

What We Don't Need In Country Music Is Divisiveness, Public Criticism Of Each Other, And Some Arbitrary Judgement Of What Belongs And What Doesn't.

A Fan Will Grab You And Hug You And Will Not Let Go. When That Happens, You Wish It Could Be That Way All Over The World.