Doc Watson Quotes & Sayings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Practice like the Devil. — Doc Watson

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

Since the beginning, the people of the college and I have agreed that the music of MerleFest is 'traditional plus.' — Doc Watson

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

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

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