Carolina Quotes
One was the music and entertaining people. The other was that I needed to earn a living for my family and I was tired of sitting around and being a burden on the state, taking charity. Any man that's worth his salt will want to work for a living. I think it's an honorable thing to want to do that. One reporter said, 'Oh, so it was the money, that's why you did this, huh?' Well, that made me mad. I never wanted to get rich and I never did anyhow.
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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