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.
Ricky SkaggsI hope you came out to hear some bluegrass music. If you didn't, we're both in the wrong place.
Ricky SkaggsEven 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.
Ricky SkaggsDo 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.
Ricky SkaggsWhat I have seen in the past 10 years of traveling- performing at a church one day and a casino the next- is that a lot of people in the church want to be entertained, and people in casinos want to be ministered to. That's hard to understand, but I see a hunger in the world that I don't see in the church.
Ricky Skaggs