A biography for Marty Stuarthasn’t been written yet.
“Every time I hear a Garth Brooks record I tend to want to hear James Taylor.”
“There's something cool about playing 'Tempted' and then picking up the mandolin and playing 'Dark as a Dungeon' and standing on the classics. It's nice to just let soul rule.”
“When I started making some paychecks, I didn't invest in stocks and bonds - I invested in American culture.”
“I got to Nashville on Labor Day weekend in 1972. And the Grand Ole Opry is still there, the Country Music Hall of Fame is still there. And the roots of country music are still there. It's where the authenticity and the empowering force lies.”
“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.”
“The stories in our music form a special viewpoint on the story of America in the 20th Century.”
“I learned things by being in Lester Flatts' band, and I learned things by playing with Johnny Cash, and I learned from Pop Staples. I'm a sponge.”
“One of the people I heard early on in his career was Eric Church. I liked him and his music.”
“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.”
“After people work hard and cope with the pressures of life throughout the week, going out to a show or tuning in to watch some characters in cowboy clothes, singing and playing songs about real life is something I relate to.”
“My mother named me for Marty Robbins.”
“I started out in gospel music. A lot of people don't know that I started out in gospel music, and I've never lost sight of it.”
“The history of country music is as important as any other art form.”
“People shouldn't be punished for their wisdom.”
“I've always been a collector at heart.”
“Hillbilly Rock' was the song that opened the door and gave me a reason to get a bus and a band and cowboy clothes to go out there and figure it out in front of everybody. And the hits started coming.”
“When we lost Glen Campbell, we lost an American original. We also lost a really good man.”
“The first Nudie suits I bought were two hundred bucks.”
“I think the way country music is set up, we all came from a family background.”
“I haven't been to bed since 1972.”