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.

Ricky Skaggs

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I can't control the wind but I can adjust the sail. by Ricky Skaggs

I can't control the wind but I can adjust the sail.

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What 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.

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There's art in rhythm playing. Just find it. Make your own art. Find your place, and when it's your time to solo, it's your time to shine.

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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.

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Music is such a great healing balm and a great way to forget your... by Ricky Skaggs

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

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Great music is great music, period. by Ricky Skaggs

Great music is great music, period.

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Country's hip; it's cool music. by Ricky Skaggs

Country's hip; it's cool music.

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

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I hope you came out to hear some bluegrass music. If you didn't,... by Ricky Skaggs

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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When Jack White called and wanted me to do a video and play mandolin with The Raconteurs, I didn't know anything about The Raconteurs at that time.

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I just want to keep playing music and keep recording. I feel like... by Ricky Skaggs

I just want to keep playing music and keep recording. I feel like my best days are ahead.

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After 'Mosaic,' I think a lot of people didn't know what my next record was going to be. And that's what I love. I just love doing music because I'm not going to follow the patterns and formulas of Music Row.

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

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

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I don't feel like I've nearly got to the place where I'm ready to... by Ricky Skaggs

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

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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.

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