American Masters

When Patsy came to Music City, the doors weren't just flying open for her to come in and try to wow everybody. There was a bit of a "good old boy" network. In the early days that I came along, women weren't headliners. It was really a man's field, and if they had women at all, it was just one - never more than one on a bill. You can't push back unless you've got the goods and especially in a good ol' boy network.

singing

You never would be offensive and start a situation, but you didn't walk on her. Very very - a strong woman. She just - that was just what you

saw when you saw Patsy Cline

strong. Her voice was strong, her attitude was strong, and I wouldn't want to go against her in any way. There's a lot of people who can sing but not connect, and she was this kind of story teller that connected with that back row and was able to make that person feel like she was singing it to them.