Carolina Quotes
It's not just Washington, Lincoln, Douglass, and King. It's also the untold thousands of ordinary folk playing banjos, fiddles, guitars, mandolins, basses, and everything else they could get their hands on—to make life a better place.
Rhiannon Giddens Carolinian
Source
"Community and Connection," keynote address, International Bluegrass Music Association business conference, Raleigh, North Carolina, September 26, 2017
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- Community and Connection, IBMA keynote address
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