Ricky Skaggs Quotes

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Ricky Skaggs

Profession : Musician

Birth : July 18, 1954

Do excellent work for Christ. So that's my heart. It's always been. And I want to be the best I can be. I want to make a difference in my generation.

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

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

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

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