Natural Breathing Quotes by Keith Whitley

Shortly after I started in bluegrass, Ricky Skaggs and I got together and the bluegrass career just snowballed. Being 15 or 16 and making…

— Keith Whitley

I did so many crazy things while drinking.

— Keith Whitley

I grew up listening to my mother's collection of Hank Williams, George Jones and Marty Robbins records.

— Keith Whitley

The whole deal with my music has been the emotional quality.

— Keith Whitley

I believe in 'Hard Livin'.' The song has a lot of potential. I sang it on the road for about a year before I…

— Keith Whitley

I thought everybody had to drink to be in this business.

— Keith Whitley

Lyrics mean a lot to me, and I won't record a song unless I can feel it. That's something I learned from Carter Stanley.…

— Keith Whitley

I learned to do things the way the old-timers did.

— Keith Whitley

Even when I was 3 or 4 years old, I'd go out riding in the car with mom and dad, and I already knew…

— Keith Whitley

I keep progressing with each record, and that's a positive sign.

— Keith Whitley

It's not so uncommon for me to get so wrapped up in a song that I cry several times when I sing them. That's…

— Keith Whitley

Songs I do have to strike an emotional chord the first time I sing them.

— Keith Whitley