Practice like the Devil. Doc Watson More Quotes by Doc Watson More Quotes From Doc Watson I'd think learning to play the guitar would be very confusing for sighted people Doc Watson guitar play thinking You have to be yourself otherwise people won't know who you are. Doc Watson being-yourself knows people I just loved the guitar when it came along. I loved it. The banjo was something I really liked, but when the guitar came along, to me that was my first love in music Doc Watson first-love guitar firsts I'm like an old dog, I hate to be run off from home Doc Watson hate dog running 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 pedestal want people 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 listen Doc Watson being-yourself ems trying 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 celebrity. Doc Watson fit like-you people The size of the halls doesn't matter to me too much Doc Watson size too-much matter I love music and love a good audience and still have to make a living. Why would I quit? Doc Watson quitting music-love and-love Since the beginning, the people of the college and I have agreed that the music of MerleFest is 'traditional plus.' Doc Watson plus college people We have had to play some mighty tough audiences. Doc Watson mighty some tough play My real interest in music was the old 78 records and the sound of the music. I loved it and began to realize that one of the main sounds on those old records I loved was the guitar. Doc Watson loved realize guitar music When Merle and I started out we called our music 'traditional plus,' meaning the traditional music of the Appalachian region plus whatever other styles we were in the mood to play. Doc Watson meaning mood music play
