“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.” KnowsWayBelieveI CanHomeI BelieveNaturalRocksI Believe InQuittingOne WayComing HomeRock N Roll Author:Ralph Stanley
“You know, if you use instrument, why, you have to stay on perfect time - timing. And if you do a cappella - I'm so bad, just wonder, you know, maybe I'll sing one verse this way and one verse another. And if you're doing it a capella, you don't have to keep any time. You can just go out as far as you want to with it.” IfsKnowsWayWantUsePerfectWonderInstrumentsTimingVerses Author:Ralph Stanley
“I grew up down in the hills of Virginia. I can be in Kentucky in 20 minutes, Tennessee in 20 minutes or in the state of West Virginia in 20 minutes. And it's down in the Appalachian Mountains, down there. And it's sort of a poorer country. Most of the livelihood is coal mining and logging, working in the woods and things like that. Most people has a hard life down that way.” PeopleWayI CanCountryHardStatesMinutesGrewMountainGrew UpWestWoodsHillsCoalVirginiaLivelihoodMiningKentuckyHard LifeTennesseeWest VirginiaLoggingCoal Mining Author:Ralph Stanley
