“Until MTV, television had not been a huge influence on music. To compe...” — Charley Pride Quote

“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.”

“It used to be that if you had a pretty good record, you could stop by a station in Little Rock or Atlanta and let the DJ listen to it. No way something like that can happen now.”

“For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with.”

“I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a great appeal for me.”

“I know of my sex appeal. I know about sexuality, and I know how to use it - tastefully, of course.”

“And so, today, if the state can no longer appeal to the old moral principles that belong to the Christian tradition, it will be forced to create a new official faith and new moral principles which will be binding on its citizens.”