"When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room."
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"Could've sworn I heard you say Amen this morning, showing some kind of sign that you believe. Did it fall from your tongue without warning? Or just another trick to fall from your sleeve?"
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"Every man's actions belong to him."
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"If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that's because that's where I'm going to find inspiration."
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"Folk is bare bones music."
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"If I fall, I fall. I'll rise up like anybody else."
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"Sometimes I may be totally arrogant, sometimes I may totally be the most humble guy you've ever met, sometimes I may be in between. But that's life. Who isn't like that? What's the big deal if I had an arrogant moment."
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"We figured you could download live shows for days, so we decided to go for a cream-of-the-crop approach, but not just take the best vocal or the best performances."
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"But I would never insult the people that love this music and I would never insult the blessing of music in my life and I would never insult myself by playing uninspired music."
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"There's something in everyone only they know."
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"It was a huge deal, a huge musical discovery that became life lessons learned. You can't return from having an experience like that. The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover."
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"It's not easy for a mother and son to sing a duet. You can't just sing about anything."
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"The good news is at this point as I get older, the load has gotten heavier but my shoulders have gotten wider because I've gotten happier so it's a damn good thing."
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"If you're gonna live, then live it up."
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"If you're gonna live, then live it up. If you're gonna give, then give it up. If you're gonna walk the Earth, then walk it proud. If you're gonna say the word, you got to say it loud."
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"The very thing that drives you, can drive you insane Got a head full of thought crimes and a number with no name Got an eleventh hour Jesus and a mouth full of blame A casket lined with silver dollars and a number with no name."
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"My head works in music, so there's always music there."
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"When you have everything, you have everything to lose."
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"I appreciate that something I've done has found a safe place to land."
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"Some things You have to let be lost Some battles, some battles You have to leave unfought. Then the truth just wastes away In all we dare not say. And in all we can't explain But I faithfully remain."
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