Kenny Rogers

“You know, when you're poor and you have a bunch of kids in your family, you don't know that everybody's not poor.”

“My music was my life, and it played a large part in my inability to sustain relationships.”

“Radio is aimed at the 30-year-old market, so you have to have great music and appeal to get that age group. And you need a record company to believe in you. It's like a bit of the perfect storm.”

“My mom loved to sing - and I'll go on record and say she was the worst singer ever. I'd get up and move away from her!”

“I've always said music should make you laugh, make you cry or make you think.”

“I think it's fun to play for people who don't know what you do.”

“I just hope I can spread some of the happiness that's been coming my way.”

“I've always said that gray hair looks good on everybody but yourself. To me, it makes me look old.”

“I think when you're in the public eye, you feel a pressure to stay younger looking.”

“Growing older is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.”

“I still like going on the road and performing, but it's getting tougher. I try to have my wife and the twins with me but it's getting harder and harder for them. They need to be in a home environment and not traveling with me.”

“I'm much more comfortable singing than talking.”