Ricky Skaggs Quotes

• When I came here it wasn’t that I was anti-Music Row, but it was like I was going against the grain of what everybody on Music Row was doing, and that’s what has made me successful.

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• The fall is my favorite time of year. I love the colors. The sun is out, you get warmth on your skin but there’s the coolness of the breeze. It’s really comfortable.

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• It doesn’t matter if you stick the name ‘bluegrass’ on it. I think people call things bluegrass that I wouldn’t necessarily call bluegrass, but what they’re calling country music today I’m not sure that I would call country music. But I love music and I try to encourage people.

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• 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. He kept those like fine diamonds, I mean he kept them, you know, in a box and was very, very careful of them, you know.

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• 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?’

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• 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?’

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• 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 really used that gift and nurtured it, honed it, made it sharp and tried to use it as a tool now to make music and to make a living for my family.

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• 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.

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• I always had a standard of, back when I was doing the country music I always told people I would never record a song that I wouldn’t sit down and sing in front of my mom and dad.

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• After ‘Mosaic,’ I think a lot of people didn’t know what my next record was going to be. And that’s what I love. I just love doing music because I’m not going to follow the patterns and formulas of Music Row.

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

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• When Jack White called and wanted me to do a video and play mandolin with The Raconteurs, I didn’t know anything about The Raconteurs at that time.

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• We should give the Lord the excellence He deserves in everything we do.

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• There’s art in rhythm playing. Just find it. Make your own art. Find your place, and when it’s your time to solo, it’s your time to shine.

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• 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.

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• I just want to keep playing music and keep recording. I feel like my best days are ahead.

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• I just love to have fun with music, and try to find songs that say something that people want to hear.

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• I feel like have a lot of music left to cut in my life.

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• I don’t feel like I’ve nearly got to the place where I’m ready to even slow down.

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

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Ricky Skaggs (32)

Birth:	18th July, 1954
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Composer, Musician, Producer, Singer

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Richard Lee "Ricky" Skaggs is a country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, mandocaster and banjo.

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