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

- 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. …

- 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

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

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

- 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.

- 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…

- Ralph Stanley

I believe in my music.

- Ralph Stanley

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

- Ralph Stanley