Ricky Skaggs Quotes

"The difference between me and the newer artists is that I have the history with the architects, the masters that started the music. I know where the music came from."
- Ricky Skaggs
(Related: History, Music, Artists, Difference)

"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
(Related: Art, Life, Country, Intellectuals, Singing)

"Country's hip; it's cool music."
- Ricky Skaggs
(Related: Music, Country)

"I hate negative songs; I won't sing them. It doesn't matter if it's sold 2 million more albums."
- Ricky Skaggs
(Related: Negative, Hate, Songs)

"I'm not a goody-two-shoes. I'm just a father with four children."
- Ricky Skaggs
(Related: Father, Children)

"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."
- Ricky Skaggs
(Related: Music, May, Thinking)

"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."
- Ricky Skaggs
(Related: Music, People, Hope, Forget, Healing, Hurt, Songs, World)

"That's kind of the mission statement for the label: to try to do great music that touches people's hearts."
- Ricky Skaggs
(Related: Music, People, Mission)