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 things they call timbers and collars and so forth, and they used collars on the railroad track that they put the rails on. And he - that was his occupation, just a sawmill man and a logger.
I've done it all. I'm thankful and proud of what I've accomplished in my life. I hope to keep doing it. - Ralph Stanley
I've done it all. I'm thankful and proud of what I've accomplished in my life. I hope to keep doing it.
- Ralph Stanley
No pleasure here on earth I find For in this world I'm bound to ramble. - Ralph Stanley
No pleasure here on earth I find For in this world I'm bound to ramble.
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. … - 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. …
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… - Ralph Stanley
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…
I'm thankful that I have lived long enough to become a legend, and I hope I deserve it. - Ralph Stanley
I'm thankful that I have lived long enough to become a legend, and I hope I deserve 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 m… - Ralph Stanley
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…
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. - Ralph Stanley
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 live about six miles from where I was born and raised. - Ralph Stanley
I live about six miles from where I was born and raised.
I believe in my music. - Ralph Stanley
I believe in my music.
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