I don't see any harm in brining an instrument into the church itself. Ralph Stanley More Quotes by Ralph Stanley More Quotes From Ralph Stanley I still go to that church now, and they don't believe in instruments in the church. But, my brothers and sisters in the church will listen to me. They will come out to a place to see me play. They will buy all of my records and everything, but they don't believe in bringing that instrument in the church. But, they'll come and watch me somewhere else. Why that is, I don't know. Ralph Stanley brothersomewhere-elsebelieve [Regarding President Obama] Yeah, yeah, yeah, I talked to him. I sorta, I guess, helped him get elected. Ralph Stanley president-obamayeahpresident 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 [Alexandria], up to Washington and on to right around Baltimore. They've been some good fans. Ralph Stanley alexandriacrowdsfans I'm a member of the Primitive Baptist Church, and they will buy every CD that I have released, but they don't me just to bring the instruments much into the church. Ralph Stanley baptistscdschurch My mother played a little bit of the old time clawhammer. She tuned the banjo up and picked one tune for me, and it just become natural to me. When she picked it, I just started and picked it, too. Ralph Stanley tunesmotherlittles 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 doing a lot of - a lot more lead singing, and everybody tells me that my voice was better than ever and I agree with them. Maybe I've learned to do more with it. I don't know what. Ralph Stanley twoyearsthinking My father was a logger. He cut timber and hauled it out of the woods and had a sawmill. They sawed it into lumber. And, you know, the mines needed things they call timbers and collars and so forth, and they used collars on the railroad track that they put the rails on. And he - that was his occupation, just a sawmill man and a logger. Ralph Stanley cuttingmenfather
