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

I still go to that church now, and they don't believe in instruments in the church. But, my brothers and sisters in the church will listen to me. The….

I don't see any harm in brining an instrument into the church itself..

[Regarding President Obama] Yeah, yeah, yeah, I talked to him. I sorta, I guess, helped him get elected..

I believe in my music..

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….

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 first banjo? My mother's sister, my aunt, lived about a mile from where we did, and she raised some hogs. And she had - her - the hog - the mother….

Well, I don't let anyone record with me that is not a fan of mine or believe in my music. Everybody that records for me, from Bob Dylan on down to Ge….

I think Bob [Dylan] told me that he turned down twenty interviews that year, and I was the only one that he sat down and did an interview with. And, ….

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

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..

My father was a logger. He cut timber and hauled it out of the woods and had a sawmill. They sawed it into lumber. And, you know, the mines needed th….

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. ….

I live about six miles from where I was born and raised..

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

No pleasure here on earth I find For in this world I'm bound to ramble..

I always enjoyed playing around Washington, because we always have a good crowd. I've never had a bad crowd in this vicinity from here [Alexandria], ….

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 m….

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