A biography for Marty Stuarthasn’t been written yet.
“Sun Studios was where so much of American music exploded from.”
“I don't have many regrets in my life. But I have one. I would have stayed sober all along.”
“I figure I'm a mandolin player first and foremost, and everything else I've accomplished is just a scam.”
“One of the most quotable guys ever in country music was Grandpa Jones.”
“Walking into the Ryman with Lester Flatt was the equivalent of walking into the Vatican with the pope.”
“Pop Staples was one of my true mentors.”
“My main electric guitar belonged to Clarence White, the great guitarist for the Byrds.”
“I swear, there is Capitol Studios and then there's every other studio on the planet Earth. It is the ultimate, paramount of sound in the United States of America. It is a magical place.”
“I loved the Rolling Stones. I heard a little bit of country music creeping around the edges of some of their songs. Being a Mississippi kid, I could feel they had done their homework, even when I was a little boy. I could feel the Delta blues influence in a lot of their work.”
“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!”
“When I was 12 years old I discovered Bill Monroe and my dad got me a mandolin.”
“There's every other guitar player and then there's Chet. He transcended musical boundaries for more than fifty years. God only lays Chet Atkins on you once in a lifetime.”
“We need all those divisions of country music, firing on all cylinders.”
“In the middle of Mississippi, so many kinds of music came, but it was Nashville and country music that pulled my heart.”
“To me, all music that is made under the umbrella of the United States of America is Americana music.”
“I love old-time music, I love country music and I love the American music that we have to offer the world. And any part of that is fine with me, as long as it's pure.”
“I believe in the future of country music, but a future without roots is like a kite with no string.”
“Well, my heart finally found a home when I married Connie Smith, and I was tired of feeling bad. And it was time to grow up and get on with life.”
“I never claimed to be a great photographer.”
“Country music as a genre, as an art form, is just as valid out there in the pantheon of the arts as classical, jazz, ballet, whatever.”