Carolina Quotes
I'd have played music of course, there's no doubt about that because I think you're born with music or whatever talent that comes out front in your blood, as the old-timers used to say, and you just couldn't help but pick the first time a guitar came along, you'd learn it. But it would've been a hobby.
Doc Watson Carolinian
Source
Interview with Terry Gross, Fresh Air, NPR, March 24, 1988; rebroadcast May 29, 2012
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“I'd have played music of course, there's no doubt about that…” Doc Watson. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-1FA4C91BE3. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/1fa4c91be3
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And I’d like to leave quite a few friends behind, and I hope I will. Other than that, I don’t want anybody putting me on a pedestal when I leave here. I’m just one of the people.
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That travelling is hard, though. I love the audience and the music, but I’d rather be home than anywhere in the world