When I pick up Hank Williams' guitar or that first suit that Johnny Cash wore on stage, it empowers me. — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
The first picture of me that I know of was me in the crib wearing a pair of cowboy boots. — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
When I was 5 years old, I got my first record. It was 'Flatt & Scruggs' Greatest Hits.' The second was 'The… — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
I figure I'm a mandolin player first and foremost, and everything else I've accomplished is just a scam. — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
From the first time I played with Lester Flatt, I sensed an extreme amount of history around me. — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
Today the most outlaw thing you can possibly do in Nashville, Tennessee, is play country music. — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
To me, all music that is made under the umbrella of the United States of America is Americana music. — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
I'm always on the prowl for the kinds of recordings that can inspire and potentially make a difference. — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
I saw footage of Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley just hanging out together in Memphis when they were young guys getting started at Sun,… — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
There's every other guitar player and then there's Chet. He transcended musical boundaries for more than fifty years. God only lays Chet Atkins on… — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
I wish I could have been in the control room at Capitol Studio A listening to the playback of 'Wichita Lineman' the first time… — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
Well, I've always said that country music has always shared a very unique relationship with gospel music - the hooting and hollering, you know,… — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
Where better than the church for people like me, George Jones and Johnny Cash to go to get ourselves in shape enough to sing… — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of people, there's those who like Johnny Cash, and those that will. — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
I don't have many regrets in my life. But I have one. I would have stayed sober all along. — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
Nobody in my school knew who Bill Monroe was, or Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, and barely Johnny Cash. Nobody spoke that language. I… — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
