Doc Watson

“Bluegrass is a music of the people. And it’s a music of the heart.”

“The banjo is such a happy instrument--you can't play a sad song on the banjo - it always comes out so cheerful.”

“My whole life has been a search for the truth. And I've found it in the music.”

“If you're a-gonna preach, son, you got to have a message.”

“There's not a thing in the world that will not yield to a reasonable amount of concentration.”

“You can't do a good job if your heart's not in it.”

“I just play the music that I love and that's it.”

“A guitar is a personal extension of the person playing it.”

“The real music is in the silence between the notes.”

“When I pick up a guitar, I don't know what I'm going to do with it. The guitar does. It's a mystery.”

“When I'm gone, I want to be remembered as a good man who played the guitar.”

“I'm not a star. I'm just a musician.”

“I believe in tradition, but I'm not a traditionalist.”