Kenny Rogers

“Here's what I've learned about raising boys... if you keep 'em busy, they're fine. You let 'em get bored, they'll dismantle your house board by board.”

“I was raised in the church.”

“People will clap to be nice. They will not laugh to be nice.”

“I had holes in my jeans well before it was fashionable.”

“Well, I don't think everything necessarily that I touch turns to gold, but I think I get great joy out of it regardless of whether it is successful or not.”

“I'm so totally future oriented that, for me, I don't know what the future's about, but I can promise you it's gonna be exciting.”

“When I think of the things I have, it makes me a little uneasy. I don't want people to think I've lost touch with reality.”

“It is difficult to get played at my age on the radio.”

“I have awards right now that I do not remember walking on stage to get.”

“You know, I've always said, I've never felt I was a particularly good singer, but I've always thought I had a great knack for picking hit songs.”

“The first six years of my career, I got more comments on my weight than on my singing. So I think I became so self-conscious that I started working on it harder.”

“I feel like I learn something from everything I do.”

“There has to be chemistry in a duet, but if you go beyond the point of friendship and attraction, you lose something.”

“Don't be afraid to give up the good for the great.”

“You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run.”

“There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity.”

“You know, I think the greatest gift in the world is a good employee, you know, or people who can do your work for you and do it well the way you'd like to have it done. And I've always been able to surround myself with really good people.”

“If you want people to know what your message is, just sing it.”

“Know when to hold 'um, know when to fold 'um and know when to walk away from cameramen.”

“There's a new hit rock group or singer every five minutes, but with country music, you have one hit and those people love you forever.”