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I think, being from east Tennessee, you're kinda born with a little lonesome in your soul, in your blood. You know you've got that Appalachian soul.

~Ashley Monroe

Topics: Appalachian Being Blood Born East Got Kinda Know Little Lonesome Soul Tennessee Think You Your I Think

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If you go out on the Appalachian Trail, you have to bring so much more equipment - a tent, sleeping bag - but if you go hiking in England, or Europe, generally, towns and villages are near enough together at the end of the day you can always go to a nice little inn and have a hot bath and something to drink.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Always Appalachian Bag Bath Bring Day Drink End End Of The Day England Enough Equipment Europe Generally Go Hiking Hot Inn Little More Much Near Nice Out Sleeping Something Tent Together Towns Trail Villages You

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I've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references.

~Carlisle Floyd

Topics: American American Music Appalachian Folk Know Music Never Obvious Out References Set Unless Would Write

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While writing 'Cold Mountain,' I held maps of two geographies, two worlds, in my mind as I wrote. One was an early map of North Carolina. Overlaying it, though, was an imagined map of the landscape Jack travels in the southern Appalachian folktales. He's much the same Jack who climbs the beanstalk, vulnerable and clever and opportunistic.

~Charles Frazier

Topics: Appalachian Carolina Clever Climbs Cold Early He Held Imagined Jack Landscape Map Maps Mind Mountain Much North North Carolina Same Southern Though Travels Two Vulnerable While Who Worlds Writing Wrote

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My family influenced me very deeply because my dad came from a musical background, from the hillbilly music part of it, and all that music came over from Scotland and Ireland and England in to the Appalachian Mountains and Ozark Mountains, where I was raised.

~Charlie Haden

Topics: Appalachian Background Because Came Dad Deeply England Family Hillbilly Influenced Ireland Me Mountains Music Musical Over Part Raised Scotland Very Where I Was Raised

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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

Topics: Appalachian Meaning Mood Music Other Our Our Music Out Play Plus Region Started Styles Traditional Were Whatever

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I went to Appalachian State University, which was very bluegrass- and folk-oriented.

~Eric Church

Topics: Appalachian Bluegrass State State University University Very Which

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