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Ricky Skaggs Biography

Rickie Lee Skaggs (born July 18, 1954), 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.

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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.

Bluegrass, Country, Like, Sound, Today, Way

I hope you came out to hear some bluegrass music. If you didn't, we're both in the wrong place.

Bluegrass, Came, Hear, Ifs, Wrong

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.

Answers, Away, May, Problem, Thinking, Walk

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

Down, Feels, Like, Place, Ready, Slow Down

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

Children, Father, Four, Shoes

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?

Ask, God, Heart, Next, Spirit, Thing

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.

Country, Mom, People, Song

I just remember standing there, singing with the headphones on and the strings playing, just how wonderful that felt. But we so rarely got to go out and do it. Obviously, we don't carry a 70-80-piece orchestra with us when we do shows.

Felt, Obviously, Orchestra, Pieces, Shows, Singing

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

Fun, Music, People, Song

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.

Father, Home, Mean, Ton

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.

Careers, Couple, Fun, Guys, Records, Work

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.

Song, Hurt, Healing, Balm, Forget

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

Heart, Mission, People, Statement, Touches, Trying

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.

Broken, Broken Heart, Decided, Looks, Marriage, Seek

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

Folks, Fun, Stories, Trying, Youth

Music is such a great healing balm and a great way to forget your troubles.

Balm, Forget You, Healing, Music, Troubles, Way

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.

Bluegrass, Brother, Flatt, Listening, Teacher

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.

Art, Country, Look, Somebody, Thinking, Western

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

Albums, Hate, Matter, Million, Negative, Song

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

Cut, Cutting, Feels, Left, Life, Music

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