--- title: "4 Phil Keaggy Quotes - Famous Singer-songwriter (Best of Phil Keaggy)" description: "Philip Tyler Keaggy is an American acoustic and electric guitarist and vocalist who has released more than 55 albums and contributed to many more record..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b147/author-phil-keaggy-72346.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Phil Keaggy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b147/author-phil-keaggy-72346.jpg) # Phil Keaggy (1951) Singer-songwriter **4** quotes in **56** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Phil Keaggy is a singer-songwriter, best known for *Best of Phil Keaggy*. ## Quick Facts About Phil Keaggy Born March 23, 1951 Profession Singer-songwriter Notable works Best of Phil Keaggy ## About Phil Keaggy Philip Tyler Keaggy is an American acoustic and electric guitarist and vocalist who has released more than 55 albums and contributed to many more recordings in both the contemporary Christian music and mainstream markets. He is a seven-time recipient of the GMA Dove Award for Instrumental Album of the Year, and he was twice nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album. He has frequently been listed as one of the world's top-two "finger-style" and "finger-picking" guitarists by Guitar Player Magazine readers' polls, and due to his complex and virtuosic playing, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest guitarists of all time. ## Quotes by Phil Keaggy > [I know Eric Engerbretson to be a man of integrity who is firmly committed to the artful balance of music and ministry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-keaggy/i-know-eric-engerbretson-to-be-a-man-of-integrity-who-is-firmly/) Phil Keaggy [Balance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/balance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fa/phil-keaggy-72346_balance_i-know-eric-engerbretson-to-be-a-man-of_179282.png) > [I've got to be kind of careful because I've had good advice: "Don't sell yourself too short." I have to not be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-keaggy/i-ve-got-to-be-kind-of-careful-because-i-ve-had-good-advice-don-t/) Phil Keaggy [Advice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/712/phil-keaggy-72346_advice_i-ve-got-to-be-kind-of-careful-because-i_375731.png) > [“I talk of love, a scholar's parrot may talk greek, but, self-imprisoned, always end where I begin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-keaggy/i-talk-of-love-a-scholar-s-parrot-may-talk-greek-but-self-imprisoned/) phil keaggy [Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/245/phil-keaggy-72346_bird_i-talk-of-love-a-scholar-s-parrot-may-ta_2156501.png) > [It's always made me feel odd when I'd get a Dove Award for an instrumental album that has nothing to do with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-keaggy/it-s-always-made-me-feel-odd-when-i-d-get-a-dove-award-for-an/) Phil Keaggy [Albums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/albums/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b02/phil-keaggy-72346_albums_it-s-always-made-me-feel-odd-when-i-d-ge_2453452.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-keaggy/#itemlist", "name": "Phil Keaggy Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I know Eric Engerbretson to be a man of integrity who is firmly committed to the artful balance of music and ministry.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Phil Keaggy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-keaggy/i-know-eric-engerbretson-to-be-a-man-of-integrity-who-is-firmly/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fa/phil-keaggy-72346_balance_i-know-eric-engerbretson-to-be-a-man-of_179282.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fa/phil-keaggy-72346_balance_i-know-eric-engerbretson-to-be-a-man-of_179282.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fa/phil-keaggy-72346_balance_i-know-eric-engerbretson-to-be-a-man-of_179282.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I know Eric Engerbretson to be a man of integrity who is firmly committed to the artful balance of music and…” — Phil Keaggy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've got to be kind of careful because I've had good advice: \"Don't sell yourself too short.\" I have to not be too available to everything that comes along. 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