Ricky Skaggs Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“When Jack White called and wanted me to do a video and play mandolin with The Raconteurs, I didn't know anything about The Raconteurs at that time.”

“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.”

“I mean, I could tell that I really had... a precious gift. And I'm so glad that I have followed through with it and really used that gift and nurtured it, honed it, made it sharp and tried to use it as a tool now to make music and to make a living for my family.”

“It doesn't matter if you stick the name 'bluegrass' on it. I think people call things bluegrass that I wouldn't necessarily call bluegrass, but what they're calling country music today I'm not sure that I would call country music. But I love music and I try to encourage people.”

“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.”

“I always try to entertain folks with good clean fun and stories from my youth.”

“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.”

“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 hate negative songs; I won't sing them. It doesn't matter if it's sold 2 million more albums.”