Carolina Quotes
And when I realized what I was doing, I was playing the way that I play now. It was like having a dream and wake up you was actually playing the tune.
Earl Scruggs Carolinian
Source
Interview with Terry Gross, Fresh Air, NPR, 2003; rebroadcast March 29, 2012
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- interview
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- Fresh Air interview
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- 2003
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“And when I realized what I was doing, I was playing the way …” Earl Scruggs. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-00E1B35B3F. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/00e1b35b3f
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