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.
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.
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 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. …
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.
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 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…
I believe in my music. - Ralph Stanley
I believe in my music.
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.
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