" I got to meet interesting people with diverse talents, like Rex Allen, a western actor and singer who invited me to his home when he was throwing a twenty-fifth wedding anniversary party for Slim Pickens and his wife, Margaret. There was a story making the rounds that night about the time when Rex was waiting for a plane in the Los Angeles airport, and a fan rushed up and cornered him. "Mr. Autry," the man said, "would you please give me your autograph?"
Rex signed the autograph, "Gene Autry, who will never be half the cowboy Rex Allen is. "

― Dayton O. Hyde , The Pastures of Beyond: An Old Cowboy Looks Back at the Old West