Ricky Skaggs Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“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.”

“I'm not a goody-two-shoes. I'm just a father with four children.”

“I've had a couple of guys that I've had co-produce records with me through my career, and it's fun to work with a co-producer.”

“That's kind of the mission statement for the label: to try to do great music that touches people's hearts.”

“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.”

“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 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 try to keep my heart and myself available for those little, 'God moments,' are what I call them, where someone calls the office and says, 'Would Ricky be interested in doing this?'”

“I've always moved by my heart. I've moved by the spirit of what I feel was right for me next. I always pray and ask God: 'What's the next thing? What am I supposed to do next?'”