"Appalachia is still, for American musicians, a kind of fountain of youth we always go back to, the old home place to a group of artists who represent the quintessence of American independence, fortitude, genius, and madness."

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“Suddenly to realise that one is sitting, damned, among the other damned--it is a most disquieting experience; so disquieting thatmost of us react to it by immediately plunging more deeply into our particular damnation in the hope, generally realized, that we may be able, at least for a time, to stifle our revolutionary knowledge.”
“If I ever loved a man better than I love my art, I should marry him and leave the stage. But I have never met such a man.”
“Our parents, our children, our spouses, and our friends will continue to press every button we have, until we realize what it is that we don't want to know about ourselves, yet. They will point us to our freedom every time.”
“A religion that comes of thought, and study, and deliberate conviction, sticks best. The revivalized convert who is scared in the direction of heaven because he sees hell yawn suddenly behind him, not only regains confidence when his scare is over, but is ashamed of himself for being scared, and often becomes more hopelessly and malignantly wicked than he was before.”
“A million people can call the mountains a fiction, yet it need not trouble you as you stand atop them.”
“It is those same so-called experts who said we had no chance of winning the primary. It will be hard work, but we can win. And if those same people who fought against me work just as hard for me, we will win.”
“Don't pity me now, don't pity me never; I'm going to do nothing for ever and ever.”

Source : James Agate (1946). “A Shorter Ego: The Autobiography of James Agate”
“I am sarcastic and dry, but I also have a pretty huge zest for life.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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