“Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a head...” — Charley Pride Quote

Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience probably never had the experience.

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 new artist, an old one didn't have to be pushed out.

Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.

Singing as a full-time job was not something I had given a lot of thought to and I had no clear notion of the money to be made in it.

Apple enjoys 'Harry Potter'-like adoration and queues because it sells physical objects, limited by the pace of assembly lines in China. To own is to have, to have is to hold, and to hold is to show off.

I've discovered over the years that being subject to both the adoration and the vilification actually makes me more disciplined. It makes me understand that it's the idea of writing a great book that propels me now, whereas it used to be the idea of success.

I definitely think we're living in a world or generation where we need constant gratification and adoration with Instagram and likes, and we base everything on attention.

Adoration isn't love.