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

- Kenny Rogers

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.

- Kenny Rogers

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.

- Kenny Rogers

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.

- 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.

- Kenny Rogers

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

- Kenny Rogers

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!

- Kenny Rogers

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

- Kenny Rogers

I'm much more comfortable singing than talking.

- Kenny Rogers

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

- Kenny Rogers

I feel like I learn something from everything I do.

- Kenny Rogers

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.

- Kenny Rogers

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.

- Kenny Rogers

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

- Kenny Rogers

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

- Kenny Rogers

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.

- Kenny Rogers

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

- Kenny Rogers

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

- Kenny Rogers

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

- Kenny Rogers

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

- Kenny Rogers