Marty Stuart Quotes

Marty Stuart

Marty Stuart

American Musician

Born: Sep 30, 1958

Always Country First Me Music You

When I started making some paychecks, I didn't invest in stocks and bonds - I invested in American culture. Marty Stuart

Culture Some Invest Invested Making Stocks American American Culture Started Bonds

When I was 12 years old I discovered Bill Monroe and my dad got me a mandolin. Marty Stuart

Me Old Monroe Got Years Discovered Mandolin Bill Dad

As a photographer, God's light in Southern California is something unlike I've ever seen on planet Earth. There's a beauty about it, especially in the afternoon that is so pretty. Marty Stuart

God Light Seen Beauty Unlike Earth Photographer Pretty About Something California Southern Southern California Afternoon Planet Planet Earth Ever

Well, I've always said that country music has always shared a very unique relationship with gospel music - the hooting and hollering, you know, always in abundance. Marty Stuart

Music Relationship You Country Gospel Music Shared Abundance Country Music Know Well Gospel Said Always Very Hollering Unique

Unconditional love goes a long way. Marty Stuart

Love Long Way Unconditional Unconditional Love Long Way Goes

Well, the first band was at nine, and I was on the road when I was 12 with the Sullivan Family Gospel Singers. Marty Stuart

Family First Band Sullivan Nine Road Singers Well Gospel

Well, being from Mississippi, the church house is kind of the common denominator. It was for me growing up. Like so many public performers, that was the first place I was ever invited to sing. Marty Stuart

Me Church First Kind Invited Performers Like House Mississippi Sing Well First Place Well-Being Denominator Up Common Being Common Denominator Place Public Many Growing Growing Up Ever

I make no apology about being a hillbilly. Marty Stuart

Hillbilly About Make Being Apology

Going back to the Byrds and 'Sweetheart of the Rodeo,' when country was kind of getting away from the fiddle and steel aspect, it took some rock & rollers to introduce a new generation to it, and it kinda put some things straight. Marty Stuart

Generation Country Took Back Kind Introduce Kinda Some Some Things Steel Put New New Generation Rock Rodeo Getting Going Fiddle Straight Aspect Sweetheart Away Things

If you look back into the Superlatives' body of work, we've always included instrumentals. Marty Stuart

Work You Back Look Always Body Included

The first picture of me that I know of was me in the crib wearing a pair of cowboy boots. Marty Stuart

Me First Picture Crib Boots Wearing Know Cowboy Pair

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

Music Sun Studios American Where Exploded American Music Much

Merle Haggard once said, 'I'm really mad at Glen Campbell because he's the most talented human being in the world.' That kind of summed it up. Merle didn't miss! Marty Stuart

Human Being World Once Mad Kind Haggard He Miss Merle Haggard Talented Most Because Said Up Campbell Human Being Really

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

Good Man Good Man Lost Also Campbell American Really Original

Being sober and clear-eyed changes everything. Marty Stuart

Changes Everything Being Sober

We need all those divisions of country music, firing on all cylinders. Marty Stuart

Music Country Those Divisions Firing Country Music Cylinders Need

My mother named me for Marty Robbins. Marty Stuart

Me Mother Marty Named

The black church in the South is the home of rock & roll. Marty Stuart

Home Church Black Rock South Roll