118 Quotes by Marty Stuart

I hate labels.

I make no apology about being a hillbilly.

Like so many other people I was raised right, went crazy but I always knew God had His hand on me.

Nobody in my school knew who Bill Monroe was, or Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, and barely Johnny Cash. Nobody spoke that language. I proceeded to get myself kicked out.

The only two jobs I ever had were with Lester Flatt and Johnny Cash.

Every time I hear a Garth Brooks record I tend to want to hear James Taylor.

Growing up in the Sixties, whether it was the Batmobile or the costumes Porter Wagoner wore or the music that came from there, California was the home of what a friend of mine calls 'custom culture.' It seemed like the promised land.

When I was 5 years old, I got my first record. It was 'Flatt & Scruggs' Greatest Hits.' The second was 'The Fabulous Johnny Cash.'

We need a new Hank Williams, a new Jimmy Webb. We need new writers, a new Tom Petty. We need people that write what they feel and what they see - things that are relevant.