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" 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 his couch singing about his life. "

Ricky Skaggs

Country

Art

Singing

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

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

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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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 answer to a problem that you're carrying around with you that you didn't think you were going to hear about. "

" 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. "

" I'm not a goody-two-shoes. I'm just a father with four children. "

" 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. "

" 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?' "

" Country's hip; it's cool music. "

" I hate negative songs; I won't sing them. It doesn't matter if it's sold 2 million more albums. "

" 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. "

" 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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New

Country

" I look back to when I got divorced in the late 1970s. When that happened, I was so broken up. After that, I decided to seek God for my life and my next marriage. "

" It's part of the calling to at least do a few songs in the show that give people some hope. There's so much hurt in this world and... music is such a great healing balm and a great way to forget your troubles. "

" 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. "

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

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

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Place

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

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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. "

" Even with the sun beaming down on me I'm not sweating in my mind. I'm not sweating in my heart or in my career. "

Ricky Skaggs

Mind

Sun