Marty Stuart

Today the most outlaw thing you can possibly do in Nashville, Tennessee, is play country music.

— Marty Stuart

To me, all music that is made under the umbrella of the United States of America is Americana music.

— Marty Stuart

I'm always on the prowl for the kinds of recordings that can inspire and potentially make a difference.

— Marty Stuart

I saw footage of Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley just hanging out together in Memphis when they were young guys getting started…

— Marty Stuart

There's every other guitar player and then there's Chet. He transcended musical boundaries for more than fifty years. God only lays Chet…

— Marty Stuart

I wish I could have been in the control room at Capitol Studio A listening to the playback of 'Wichita Lineman' the…

— Marty Stuart

Well, I've always said that country music has always shared a very unique relationship with gospel music - the hooting and hollering,…

— Marty Stuart

Where better than the church for people like me, George Jones and Johnny Cash to go to get ourselves in shape enough…

— Marty Stuart

There are two kinds of people, there's those who like Johnny Cash, and those that will.

— Marty Stuart

I don't have many regrets in my life. But I have one. I would have stayed sober all along.

— Marty Stuart

Nobody in my school knew who Bill Monroe was, or Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, and barely Johnny Cash. Nobody spoke that…

— Marty Stuart

I can't remember when I didn't have an instrument around.

— Marty Stuart

I've been promoting the idea of a Jimmie Rodgers documentary for years.

— Marty Stuart

Well, I was dedicated to God before I was born by Momma and Daddy, and I was raised in a very traditional…

— Marty Stuart

I loved the Rolling Stones. I heard a little bit of country music creeping around the edges of some of their songs.…

— Marty Stuart

Sun Studios was where so much of American music exploded from.

— Marty Stuart

More than anybody in the music industry, the Staple Singers were like family to me.

— Marty Stuart

My main electric guitar belonged to Clarence White, the great guitarist for the Byrds.

— Marty Stuart

Anybody that looks at my photography, it blows my mind because it's my last hobby.

— Marty Stuart

When I pick up Hank Williams' guitar or that first suit that Johnny Cash wore on stage, it empowers me.

— Marty Stuart

I don't know how it got around that I play a lot of instruments. I really don't. I play the guitar and…

— Marty Stuart

I believe in the future of country music, but a future without roots is like a kite with no string.

— Marty Stuart

When we lost Glen Campbell, we lost an American original. We also lost a really good man.

— Marty Stuart

Addiction is a crazy disease. It's a progressive disease when it's not dealt with; it don't care who it takes, and it…

— Marty Stuart

The history of country music is as important as any other art form.

— Marty Stuart