--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: I don't - I don't like that style…" description: "\"I don't - I don't like that style, myself. I never did like Elvis's singing, but there was millions that did.\" — Ralph Stanley" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbc/ralph-stanley-21787_elvis_i-don-t-i-don-t-like-that-style-myself-i_1712781.png" --- # I don't - I don't like that style, myself. I never did… ![“I don't - I don't like that style, myself. I never did like Elvis's singing, but there was millions that did.” quote by Ralph Stanley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbc/ralph-stanley-21787_elvis_i-don-t-i-don-t-like-that-style-myself-i_1712781.png) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbc/ralph-stanley-21787_elvis_i-don-t-i-don-t-like-that-style-myself-i_1712781.png) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbc/ralph-stanley-21787_elvis_i-don-t-i-don-t-like-that-style-myself-i_1712781.png) > “I don't - I don't like that style, myself. I never did like Elvis's singing, but there was millions that did.” [Ralph Stanley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-stanley/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. The speaker admits personal dislike for a musical style despite its popularity. **In simple terms:** Dislikes a popular style. Key Takeaway Accept personal taste differs from mainstream. Themes personal taste music individuality culture Mood contemplative thoughtful Type opinion cultural critique When to use this quote - music criticism - personal essay - interview Key Concepts subjective preference cultural trends Questions to Reflect On - Why do we resist popular trends? - How does personal taste shape identity? A Different Perspective Popularity does not equal personal enjoyment. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Singing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/singing/) [Style](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/style/) ## Related quotes > [I've gone from singing to millions on a network show one day to singing to four people in a gymnasium in Casper, Wyo., the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-ve-gone-from-singing-to-millions-on-a-network-show-one-day-to/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [When a guy like Elvis sings your song, well, you know Elvis didn't cut any junk. People thought, 'This must be a good writer.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-rabbitt/when-a-guy-like-elvis-sings-your-song-well-you-know-elvis-didn-t-cut/) [Eddie Rabbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-rabbitt/) > [I was onstage with Menudo since I was 12 years old. To us, the most successful one was the guy with the most fans.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-martin/i-was-onstage-with-menudo-since-i-was-12-years-old-to-us-the-most/) [Ricky Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-martin/) > [She thinks that he looks like Elvis, when he runs his fingers through that jet black hair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-diffie/she-thinks-that-he-looks-like-elvis-when-he-runs-his-fingers-through/) [Joe Diffie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-diffie/) > [Elvis was a seventh-degree black belt in karate. My dad knew that he couldn't dance like Elvis or sing like him, but he thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-thompson/elvis-was-a-seventh-degree-black-belt-in-karate-my-dad-knew-that-he/) [Stephen Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-thompson/) > [Had I been pushed like Colonel Parker pushed Elvis, had I been a white boy like Elvis, sure, it would have been different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-berry/had-i-been-pushed-like-colonel-parker-pushed-elvis-had-i-been-a-white/) [Chuck Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-berry/) > [A lot of your rock people, even early, like Elvis, have always come from the South.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dusty-hill/a-lot-of-your-rock-people-even-early-like-elvis-have-always-come-from/) [Dusty Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dusty-hill/) > [“MUSIC. Tunneling right down into your CORE and SOULTIME. Hep, sloppy, SEXY and cerebral. Chancy and hip-swinging like ELVIS and your first teenage KISS.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carew-papritz/music-tunneling-right-down-into-your-core-and-soultime-hep-sloppy/) [Carew Papritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carew-papritz/) > [I don't have an Elvis shrine in my home like some Elvis fans, but I can watch his DVDs till 4 in the morning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-harwell/i-don-t-have-an-elvis-shrine-in-my-home-like-some-elvis-fans-but-i/) [Steve Harwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-harwell/) > [Almost no one sings like Elvis Presley any more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonny-bono/almost-no-one-sings-like-elvis-presley-any-more/) [Sonny Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonny-bono/) > [I would love to do musicals, sitcoms and even television talk shows. I think I have the potential. But most importantly, my ultimate goal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-park/i-would-love-to-do-musicals-sitcoms-and-even-television-talk-shows-i/) [Jamie Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-park/) > [Never trust a man who doesn't like Elvis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-marie-duff/never-trust-a-man-who-doesn-t-like-elvis/) [Anne-Marie Duff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-marie-duff/) > [I feel like Elvis. Only alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hasselhoff/i-feel-like-elvis-only-alive/) [David Hasselhoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hasselhoff/) > [However, neither he nor anyone else could have become the star Elvis was. Ain't nobody like Elvis. Never was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-cash/however-neither-he-nor-anyone-else-could-have-become-the-star-elvis/) [Johnny Cash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-cash/) > [I was very keen on people like Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Gene Vincent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-trower/i-was-very-keen-on-people-like-elvis-carl-perkins-jerry-lee-lewis-and/) [Robin Trower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-trower/) ## More by Ralph Stanley > [I don't listen to the radio too much, but usually I listen to Stanley Brothers and Ralph Stanley more than I do anybody!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-stanley/i-don-t-listen-to-the-radio-too-much-but-usually-i-listen-to-stanley/) [Ralph Stanley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-stanley/) > [I live about six miles from where I was born and raised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-stanley/i-live-about-six-miles-from-where-i-was-born-and-raised/) [Ralph Stanley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-stanley/) > [I think - I really think my voice has gotten better in the last two or three years. I don't know why. I've been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-stanley/i-think-i-really-think-my-voice-has-gotten-better-in-the-last-two-or/) [Ralph Stanley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-stanley/) > [My father was a logger. He cut timber and hauled it out of the woods and had a sawmill. They sawed it into lumber.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-stanley/my-father-was-a-logger-he-cut-timber-and-hauled-it-out-of-the-woods/) [Ralph Stanley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-stanley/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-stanley/well-i-don-t-let-anyone-record-with-me-that-is-not-a-fan-of-mine-or/) [Ralph Stanley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-stanley/) > [You know, if you use instrument, why, you have to stay on perfect time - timing. And if you do a cappella - I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-stanley/you-know-if-you-use-instrument-why-you-have-to-stay-on-perfect-time/) [Ralph Stanley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-stanley/) > [ I think Bob \[Dylan\] told me that he turned down twenty interviews that year, and I was the only one that he sat down… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-stanley/i-think-bob-dylan-told-me-that-he-turned-down-twenty-interviews-that/) [Ralph Stanley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-stanley/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-stanley/i-always-enjoyed-playing-around-washington-because-we-always-have-a/) [Ralph Stanley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-stanley/my-first-banjo-my-mother-s-sister-my-aunt-lived-about-a-mile-from/) [Ralph Stanley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-stanley/) > [No pleasure here on earth I find For in this world I'm bound to ramble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-stanley/no-pleasure-here-on-earth-i-find-for-in-this-world-i-m-bound-to-ramble/) [Ralph Stanley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-stanley/) > [I believe in my music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-stanley/i-believe-in-my-music/) [Ralph Stanley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-stanley/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-stanley/you-give-out-the-words-and-then-sing-them-you-give-out-the-words-you/) [Ralph Stanley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-stanley/) > [I like for it to be mountain music or old-time country music or traditional bluegrass. Either one will fit me. It's traditional, basically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-stanley/i-like-for-it-to-be-mountain-music-or-old-time-country-music-or/) [Ralph Stanley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-stanley/) > [ I have plenty of good friends that I think the world of - and Bob \[Dylan\] is one of them, and I like his… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-stanley/i-have-plenty-of-good-friends-that-i-think-the-world-of-and-bob-dylan/) [Ralph Stanley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-stanley/) > [I am a man of constant sorrow. I've seen trouble all my days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-stanley/i-am-a-man-of-constant-sorrow-i-ve-seen-trouble-all-my-days/) [Ralph Stanley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-stanley/) [Explore all 28 Ralph Stanley quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-stanley/) ## More Elvis quotes > [Elvis was sincere, and he was - he was so loyal. And he was so homespun. He loved his mother, he loved America. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-thompson/elvis-was-sincere-and-he-was-he-was-so-loyal-and-he-was-so-homespun/) [Linda Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-thompson/) > [I can guarantee you one thing, we will never agree on anything as we agreed on Elvis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-bangs/i-can-guarantee-you-one-thing-we-will-never-agree-on-anything-as-we/) [Lester Bangs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lester-bangs/) > [Elvis deserves a lot of credit for bringing the blues to middle America, not the Vegas stuff. The early stuff, The Sun records, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-tork/elvis-deserves-a-lot-of-credit-for-bringing-the-blues-to-middle/) [Peter Tork](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-tork/) > [“If you threw Elvis and a scarecrow in a blender, topped the whole thing off with Seagram's 7 and pressed dice, you would make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-portes/if-you-threw-elvis-and-a-scarecrow-in-a-blender-topped-the-whole/) [Andrea Portes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-portes/) > [Oh, I think country has changed tremendously. I think country has totally changed. Country music when I was a kid was Hank Williams. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mellencamp/oh-i-think-country-has-changed-tremendously-i-think-country-has/) [John Mellencamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mellencamp/) > [Elvis Presley wore a Star of David and a cross around his neck and, when someone asked him about it, he said, "It makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cass-mccombs/elvis-presley-wore-a-star-of-david-and-a-cross-around-his-neck-and/) [Cass McCombs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cass-mccombs/) > [Elvis a fight the dying light, Johnny Ray he's always crying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-idol/elvis-a-fight-the-dying-light-johnny-ray-he-s-always-crying/) [Billy Idol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-idol/) > [Elvis was the firstest with the mostest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-orbison/elvis-was-the-firstest-with-the-mostest/) [Roy Orbison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-orbison/) > [Elvis' early music has drama because as he sang he was escaping limits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greil-marcus/elvis-early-music-has-drama-because-as-he-sang-he-was-escaping-limits/) [Greil Marcus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greil-marcus/) > [I was very keen on people like Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Gene Vincent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-trower/i-was-very-keen-on-people-like-elvis-carl-perkins-jerry-lee-lewis-and/) [Robin Trower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-trower/) > [When I was a little kid, I was very impressed with Elvis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-trower/when-i-was-a-little-kid-i-was-very-impressed-with-elvis/) [Robin Trower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-trower/) > [ Elvis \[Presley\] had a stepstool, if you will, to success because he came from the dominant culture. They identified with him. Michael Jackson had… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-eric-dyson/elvis-presley-had-a-stepstool-if-you-will-to-success-because-he-came/) [Michael Eric Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-eric-dyson/) > [Elvis helps Santa Clause make toys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honey-boo-boo-child/elvis-helps-santa-clause-make-toys/) [Honey Boo Boo Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honey-boo-boo-child/) > [It was very nerve-wracking for me. I had to be drunk and have a threesome. I'm not that guy. Bobby Cannavale is that guy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-romano/it-was-very-nerve-wracking-for-me-i-had-to-be-drunk-and-have-a/) [Ray Romano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-romano/) > [“His body walks out onto the darkened stage , and a roar goes up from the crowd. He stands in front of the mic,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-garraty/his-body-walks-out-onto-the-darkened-stage-and-a-roar-goes-up-from/) Joseph Garraty Browse all 508 Elvis quotes ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't - I don't like that style, myself. 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