Kenny rogers quotes

He said, Son, I've made a life out of readin' people's faces, and knowin' what their cards were by the way they held their eyes.

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

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.

It's not all wet towels and naked women. I was so disappointed to learn that.

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.

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.

Daytime friends and night time lovers, hoping that no one else discovers.

Sometimes you've got to fight when your a man.

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.

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.

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

You can't make old friends. You either have them or you don't.

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

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

George Jones will always be one of the most amazing singers who ever lived. He was a true Country Music legend who made music very personal to the listener – I think more than anyone else. He will be dearly missed, but always remembered.

I never had a doubt in my mind. I always knew that, with the right material, I could pop a hit.

You gotta know when to hold'em, know when to foldem, know when to walk away, know when to run. You never count your money when you're sittin at the table, there'll be time enuff for countin' when the dealin's done.

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

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

If someone asks you to run the 100 yard dash as fast as you can, you'll run the 100 dash as fast as you think you can. But if you put someone along side you who runs a little faster, you are going to run faster - whoa - I better step it up a little bit. I do things even I didn't know I was capable of.

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

The music business is strictly business.

The Hall of Fame is forever, baby!

You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille, with four hungry children and a crop in the field.

I was raised in the church.

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.

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.

With all my heart, and all my soul, I will love you till the winds don't blow. Until the oceans turn to stone, my love is yours and yours alone. My love is forever, until forever's gone.

Youth is a frame of mind. If you get out there and enjoy it, you can have it at any time of your life.

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

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

I'm much more comfortable singing than talking.

Music is what I am, everything else is what I do.

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.

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

There'll be time enough for counting when the dealing's done.

So sweep away the sand an' dry the ocean, an' just pack the moon an' stars up in a cardboard box. And stop the clouds from chimin', block the sun from shinin',an' paint the sky a deeper shade of blue, 'cause my world's over without you.

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.

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

I love Viagra. I don't need it, but I tried it. It's a great legal drug.

I feel like I learn something from everything I do.

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

We did some massive flirting in front of the nation, but there was never anything more than that.

Stay away from trouble when you can.

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!

Friendships come and go, but families are forever.

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.

I do ballads that say what every man wants to say and that every woman wants to hear, or I do songs about social issues.

If I could undo what's been done, But I guess everyone is living, With water and bridges.

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

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

It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek.

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