Carolina Quotes
On the farm, you work from daylight till dark, and in the factory you work eight hours, so I thought that was great.
Earl Scruggs Carolinian
Source
Interview with Terry Gross, Fresh Air, NPR, 2003; rebroadcast March 29, 2012
- form
- interview
- work
- Fresh Air interview
- year
- 2003
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