Song Quotes by Ricky Skaggs

I hope you came out to hear some bluegrass music. If you didn't, we're both in the wrong place.

— Ricky Skaggs

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…

— Ricky Skaggs

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…

— Ricky Skaggs

When I hear bluegrass today, I hear so many new sounds in it. It's almost like country music in a way.

— Ricky Skaggs

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…

— Ricky Skaggs

Great music is great music, period.

— Ricky Skaggs

I've got tapes that I'm so thankful that my father made - old reel-to-reel tapes. I've got a ton of those things at home.…

— Ricky Skaggs

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

— Ricky Skaggs

I just remember standing there, singing with the headphones on and the strings playing, just how wonderful that felt. But we so rarely got…

— Ricky Skaggs

Ive got tapes that Im so thankful that my father made - old reel-to-reel tapes. Ive got a ton of those things at home.…

— Ricky Skaggs

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.

— Ricky Skaggs

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…

— Ricky Skaggs

Music is such a great healing balm and a great way to forget your troubles.

— Ricky Skaggs

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

— Ricky Skaggs

I look back to when I got divorced in the late 1970s. When that happened, I was so broken up. After that, I decided…

— Ricky Skaggs