And I'd like to leave quite a few friends behind and I hope I will. Other than that, I don't want nobody putting me on a pedestal when I leave here. I'm just one of the people ... just me. — Doc Watson Copy Share Image
Intimacy comes from being yourself on the stage and making the audience feel, without trying, that you're sittin' down there with 'em, playing, and that can happen in a big hall, if you have a good audience that want to… — Doc Watson Copy Share Image
When Merle and I started out we called our music 'traditional plus,' meaning the traditional music of the Appalachian region plus whatever other styles… — Doc Watson Copy Share Image
And I'd like to leave quite a few friends behind and I hope I will. Other than that, I don't want nobody putting me… — Doc Watson Copy Share Image
Since the beginning, the people of the college and I have agreed that the music of MerleFest is 'traditional plus.' — Doc Watson Copy Share Image
I love music and love a good audience and still have to make a living. Why would I quit? — Doc Watson Copy Share Image
I feel about me like I'm one of the working people, just like you, and everybody else. I don't fit the part of a… — Doc Watson Copy Share Image
I'd think learning to play the guitar would be very confusing for sighted people — Doc Watson Copy Share Image
My real interest in music was the old 78 records and the sound of the music. I loved it and began to realize that… — Doc Watson Copy Share Image
