Kenny Rogers

I feel like I learn something from everything I do.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

I was raised in the church.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Growing older is not upsetting being perceived as old is.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

With Country Music you have one hit and those people love you forever.

You got to know when to hold em know when to fold em Know when to walk away and know when to run.

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 had holes in my jeans well before it was fashionable.

Youve got to know when to hold em know when to fold em know when to walk away know when to run.

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

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

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

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

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