Quotes from Ralph Stanley

I'm thankful that I have lived long enough to become a legend, and I hope I deserve it.

I've done it all. I'm thankful and proud of what I've accomplished in my life. I hope to keep doing it.

I am a man of constant sorrow. I've seen trouble all my days.

I'm thankful that I have lived long enough to become a legend, and I hope I deserve it.

I've done it all. I'm thankful and proud of what I've accomplished in my life. I hope to keep doing it.

I would have quit before I went rock-n-roll. I know one way, and that's natural, and when I can't make it, I'll come home and stay. I believe in my music.

I like for it to be mountain music or old-time country music or traditional bluegrass. Either one will fit me. It's traditional, basically.

I guess the first time I played around Washington, D.C. was at a place called The Famous. That was the first place I played, I believe.

My mother played a little bit of the old time clawhammer. She tuned the banjo up and picked one tune for me, and it just become natural to me. When she picked it, I just started and picked it, too.

The soundtrack of O Brother is the most publicity I've gotten. I don't feel that I have lost any of my old fans, but I have gained new ones.

I don't listen to the radio too much, but usually I listen to Stanley Brothers and Ralph Stanley more than I do anybody!

Speaking of WAMU, [bluegrass and old time music DJ] Ray Davis did a lot of work there. I've know Ray, I guess for 50 years - 40, or 50 years. And, he plays a lot of my records.