Carolina Quotes
Somehow the girls weren't interested in me. God was holding me for the one I got.
Ray Hicks Carolinian
Source
Recollections quoted in his National Heritage Fellowship biography, National Endowment for the Arts, 1983
- form
- interview
- work
- National Heritage Fellowship biography
- year
- 1983
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“Somehow the girls weren't interested in me. God was holding …” Ray Hicks. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-4C5D42C029. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/4c5d42c029
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