Carolina Quotes
So I jumped in there with both hands, I reckon, thinking, well, if I fail, it won't mean I didn't try.
Doc Watson Carolinian
Source
Interview with Terry Gross, Fresh Air, NPR, March 24, 1988; rebroadcast May 29, 2012
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- Fresh Air interview
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- 1988
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