a note from a conversation

oh man, that class sounds dangerous to me. i've always been a total collector. you should read the books i have about harry smith. i have one of interviews that's really amazing where he talks about different things that he collected over his lifetime. it's really fascinating. of course his most important collection was his 78's which gave birth to the anthology of american folk music! the book is called "think of the self speaking" if you can find it at the library. don't know if it's in print anymore.