Carolina Quotes
One time I was playing at Carnegie Hall and some old boy got it in his mind to yell out, 'Hey Doc Watson, are you truly a hillbilly?' I said, "You're damn right I am, and I'm proud of it."
Doc Watson Carolinian
Source
Interview with Buddy Seigal, "Doc Watson: One Proud Hillbilly," OC Weekly, 2003; reprinted in Turbula, Winter 2003
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- interview
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- OC Weekly interview
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- 2003
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