We have had to play some mighty tough audiences. by Doc Watson

We have had to play some mighty tough audiences.

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I'd think learning to play the guitar would be very confusing for... by Doc Watson

I'd think learning to play the guitar would be very confusing for sighted people

guitar play thinking

You have to be yourself otherwise people won't know who you are. by Doc Watson

You have to be yourself otherwise people won't know who you are.

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

first-love guitar firsts

I'm like an old dog, I hate to be run off from home by Doc Watson

I'm like an old dog, I hate to be run off from home

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.

pedestal want people

Practice like the Devil. by Doc Watson

Practice like the Devil.

devil guitar practice

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

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.

fit like-you people

The size of the halls doesn't matter to me too much by Doc Watson

The size of the halls doesn't matter to me too much

size too-much matter

I love music and love a good audience and still have to make a li... by Doc Watson

I love music and love a good audience and still have to make a living. Why would I quit?

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.'

plus college people

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.

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.

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