Quotes from Ricky Skaggs

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

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.

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

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

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?'

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

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.

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.

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.

Country's hip; it's cool music.

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