Ricky Skaggs Quotes

Country and western is ignored by the intellectuals. They don't look at it as an art form. They think it's just somebody sitting on his couch singing about his life.
Country's hip; it's cool music.
I hate negative songs; I won't sing them. It doesn't matter if it's sold 2 million more albums.
I look back to when I got divorced in the late 1970s. When that happened, I was so broken up. After that, I decided to seek God for my life and my next marriage.
I'm not a goody-two-shoes. I'm just a father with four children.
It's part of the calling to at least do a few songs in the show that give people some hope. There's so much hurt in this world and... music is such a great healing balm and a great way to forget your troubles.
Maybe you're going to a concert thinking you're not going to hear anything but music. But you may walk away from there with an answer to a problem that you're carrying around with you that you didn't think you were going to hear about.
That's kind of the mission statement for the label: to try to do great music that touches people's hearts.
The difference between me and the newer artists is that I have the history with the architects, the masters that started the music. I know where the music came from.
After 'Mosaic,' I think a lot of people didn't know what my next record was going to be. And that's what I love. I just love doing music because I'm not going to follow the patterns and formulas of Music Row.
Do excellent work for Christ. So that's my heart. It's always been. And I want to be the best I can be. I want to make a difference in my generation.
Even with the sun beaming down on me I'm not sweating in my mind. I'm not sweating in my heart or in my career.
Great music is great music, period.
I always had a standard of, back when I was doing the country music I always told people I would never record a song that I wouldn't sit down and sing in front of my mom and dad.
I always try to entertain folks with good clean fun and stories from my youth.
I don't feel like I've nearly got to the place where I'm ready to even slow down.
I feel like have a lot of music left to cut in my life.
I had some good teachers. One of the greatest teachers I've had is bluegrass music: going back and listening to Bill Monroe's music, the Stanley Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs. When I was with Ralph Stanley I learned a lot from him.
I just love to have fun with music, and try to find songs that say something that people want to hear.
I just want to keep playing music and keep recording. I feel like my best days are ahead.
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