Deserve Quote by Ralph Stanley

“I'm thankful that I have lived long enough to become a legend, and I hope I deserve it.” quote by Ralph Stanley — Download Open image

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

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

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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,…

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Well, I don't let anyone record with me that is not a fan of mine or believe in my music. Everybody that records for me, from Bob Dylan on down to George Jones, everybody loves me and my music, and I knew they would do their best that they could do, and they did. I didn't doubt them a bit.…

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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…

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I think Bob [Dylan] told me that he turned down twenty interviews that year, and I was the only one that he sat down and did an interview with. And, he said that it was one of his highlights, and it was one of my highlights. And, I was very glad to talk with Bob. I found out that he…

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I always enjoyed playing around Washington, because we always have a good crowd. I've never had a bad crowd in this vicinity from here…

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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 - they called the mother a sow - of a hog. And she had some pigs. Well, the pigs were real pretty, and I was going to high…

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

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I believe in my music.

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You give out the words and then sing them. You give out the words, you know, and the people can hear what you're giving…

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