"Most of the things I sing in my songs, I've lived." — Keith Whitley

You may not hear much bluegrass on the surface of my music, but I feel the emotion I put in a song comes from bluegrass. Bluegrass taught me to interpret a song, not just sing it.

I learned to do things the way the old-timers did.

I liked 'Ten Feet the first time I heard it and it became my first top 10.

On my first album nobody asked me for a lot of advice. It was a producer's album. We were sent the same type songs with stock melodies. It was my first album and I was happy to do about anything they'd ask me.

You have to come to terms with yourself as an artist and know what you do best.

It's not so uncommon for me to get so wrapped up in a song that I cry several times when I sing them. That's the difference between my music and some of the other folks.

We had sold a lot of copies of the 'Miami' album without being racked by some of the big distributors.

I was about 14, and I got hooked on the music of the Stanley Brothers.

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Most of the things I sing in my songs, I've lived.