Shortly after I started in bluegrass, Ricky Skaggs and I got together and the bluegrass career just snowballed. Being 15 or 16 and making good money playing music was pretty attractive. — Keith Whitley Copy Share Image
It's funny, but no matter how good an artist is, it's not until he stands on his own two feet and sticks to his guns that things are going to come together. — Keith Whitley Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to my mother's collection of Hank Williams, George Jones and Marty Robbins records. — Keith Whitley Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Songs I do have to strike an emotional chord the first time I sing them. — Keith Whitley Copy Share Image