Ricky Skaggs
Ricky Skaggs
Rickie Lee "Ricky" Skaggs, known professionally as Ricky Skaggs, is an American country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, mandocaster and banjo...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth18 July 1954
CityCordell, KY
CountryUnited States of America
bluegrass business difference great last name people
With the name and the recognition that we've had for the last 15 years here in the business, I really think that we can make a difference and just let people know that, hey, bluegrass is cool, it's hip, and it's awesome, and if it's done in a great way and a great presentation, I don't know who wouldn't like it.
came everybody grain music row
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.
wind sailing i-can
I can't control the wind but I can adjust the sail.
healing way forget-you
Music is such a great healing balm and a great way to forget your troubles.
heart careers mind
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.
heart differences excellent-work
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.
heart next spirit
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?
mom country song
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.
father mean home
Ive got tapes that Im so thankful that my father made - old reel-to-reel tapes. Ive 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.
heart people trying
That's kind of the mission statement for the label: to try to do great music that touches people's hearts.
couple fun careers
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.
broken next looks
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.
bluegrass ifs
I hope you came out to hear some bluegrass music. If you didn't, we're both in the wrong place.
slow-down ready feels
I don't feel like I've nearly got to the place where I'm ready to even slow down.