Quotes from Kenny Rogers

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

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.

I'm much more comfortable singing than talking.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

Do not be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Friendships come and go, but families are forever.

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.