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. – Ricky Skaggs
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 wouldnt sit down and sing in front of my mom and dad. – Ricky Skaggs
Its part of the calling to at least do a few songs in the show that give people some hope. Theres so much hurt in this world and… music is such a great healing balm and a great way to forget your troubles. – Ricky Skaggs
It is curious how there seems to be an instinctive disgust in Man for his nearest ancestors and relations. If only Darwin could conscientiously have traced man back to the Elephant or the Lion or the Antelope, how much ridicule and prejudice would have been spared to the doctrine of Evolution. – Havelock Ellis