A biography for Porter Wagonerhasn’t been written yet.
“There wasn't really ever no bad feelings between Dolly and I.”
“This is really my forte, country music.”
“Not only did I have the freedom and control to introduce Dolly as a regular performer, but back then, radio was much friendlier to new recording artists.”
“I didn't start in the music business to make money.”
“I just never had the desire to go beyond that - just to be a good country singer and a good country songwriter.”
“Dolly's first hit, 'Jolene,' became a country hit that crossed into the pop charts. The chance of this happening to an artist in today's media-consolidated world is slim to none.”
“The days of an artist receiving airplay as a new act are gone.”
“I love the Opry and I'm there almost every week except when I am on the road.”
“I stopped making records because I didn't like the way they were wanting me to record.”
“Country audiences don't want to have something so complicated it takes a German scientist to figure out what... You're trying to say to them.”
“The first music I was interested in was Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys, and I listened to bluegrass religiously on the radio while growing up.”
“I don't try to show off a so-called beautiful voice, because I don't feel my voice is beautiful.”
“You can always tell if a guy knows where his roots are and what he's doing.”
“Becoming a member of the Opry in 1957 is probably the highlight of my whole career. To me that is the most important show in country music and to be a member!”
“Everywhere I go, people tell me they still love traditional country.”
“I been on the straight and narrow all my life.”
“I never drank any in my life. Never have. Just never liked the taste of whiskey, and beer I don't care for at all.”
“I believe there is a different kind of beauty, the beauty of being honest, of being yourself, of singing it like you feel it.”
“Of course, Dolly started out basically on my television show. She just learned a lot when she was on my show the first seven and a-half years of her career, you might say.”