“Everyone in my family can sing - my momma can sing, my cousins. I was in the third grade and I was that kid who was so bad in school because I could sing.” KidsSchoolMy FamilyThirdsGradesCousinMy CousinMommaThird GradeMy Momma Author:Ester Dean
“My music teacher was like, "Ester, you need to pay attention in class." I'm like, "No miss lady, 'cause I can sing." I didn't want anybody to change the way I sung. I learned by gospel CDs and by watching my momma sing; I didn't need this teacher to tell me. I wish I had, because then I would have learned how to play the damn piano or something. I would have a couple of more things under my belt if I wasn't so hard-headed.” IfsWayWantNeedsI CanHardPlayWishCausesPayAttentionClassTeacherMissingCouplePay AttentionDamnPianoBeltsCdsMommaMusic TeacherMy Momma Author:Ester Dean
“All I knew growing up was that my father was married to and loved my momma, period. He worked hard, made some money, and put it on the dresser. She spent it on the family, and he went out and earned some more. He taught me the most about love.” MadeHardFatherGrowing UpGrowingTaughtPeriodsMarriedHarveyMommaDressersMy Momma Author:Steve Harvey
“It's been kind of hard, I'm labeled as a jerk right now, you know what I mean? But I love it. I've been a jerk all my life. My momma loves this jerk. My kids love this jerk. I'm going to be a jerk in a good way, though. I'm going to be a jerk to the other teams and just go out there and play basketball. I can do that.” KnowsWayKindMeanI CanHardPlayKidsCan DoTeamRight NowBasketballGood WayJerkMommaKids LoveMy Momma Author:Stephen Jackson
“How many ya'll parents smoke weed? My momma still grows illegal weed in Alabama.” StillsGrowsParentSmokeIllegalWeedAlabamaMommaSmoke WeedMy Momma Author:Yelawolf
“In the South, our lives kind of revolve around food and taking care of people with food. If someone was sick, or if they had had a baby, or if they had lost a loved one, or even if they lost a job, my momma was at their door with pie or a cake or something to help them feel better.” PeopleIfsFeelsKindHelpingCareJobsLostOur LivesDoorsBabySickSouthCakeLoved OnesFeel BetterPieMommaMy Momma Author:Kimberly Schlapman
“All my momma's people were very musical. My grandpa, who was the Pentecostal minister, he was a great musician. He played the fiddle, he played the piano.” PeopleMusicianMusicalMinistersPianoGreat MusicGrandpaFiddleMommaGreat MusicianPentecostalMy Momma Author:Dolly Parton
“I was an only child growing up, and my father passed away when I was twelve, so for most of my life, it was just me and my momma. We were really, really close. Learning to live in the world without her has been incredibly hard. At first, it didn't make any sense - how to do it, to live without her - but you slowly get somewhat used to it.” WorldFirstsChildrenHas BeensHardUsedFatherGrowing UpGrowingTwelvePassed AwayOnly ChildMommaChildren Growing UpGrowing ChildrenMy MommaFather Passed Away Author:Annie Wersching
“My father was married to mother 'til the day he died, for over 64 years. He's why I kept trying to get the marriage thing right. All I knew growing up was that my father was married to and loved my momma, period. He worked hard, made some money, and put it on the dresser. She spent it on the family, and he went out and earned some more. He taught me the most about love.” TryingYearsMadeHardMotherFatherGrowing UpGrowingTaughtPeriodsMarriedDiedMommaDressersMy Momma Author:Steve Harvey
“If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words.” IfsCountryBad ThingsMommaMy MommaSaying Bad Things Author:Dolly Parton
“I was raised in the city, shitty Ever since I was an itty bitty kitty Drinkin' liquor out my momma's titty And smokin' weed was an everyday thang in my household, And drinking liquor til' you out cold” CitiesColdDrinkingRaisedEverydayRapWeedHouseholdLiquorKittiesMommaSmokin WeedMy Momma Author:Tupac Shakur
“I hope they're still making women like my momma. She always told me to do the right thing. She always told me to have pride in myself; she said a good name is better than money.” SaidStillsNamesPrideRight ThingBoxingMommaMy Momma Book:Joe Louis: My Life Source: Joe Louis: My Life
“My momma always said, 'You and Elvis are pretty good, but y'all ain't no Chuck Berry.” SaidChuckBerriesMommaMy Momma Author:Jerry Lee Lewis
“I like the hip writers: Fitzgerald, the guy who committed suicide, Hemingway, all those guys. Some of them were alcoholics and drug addicts but they had fun. They were real people. They formed the culture of American literature. Hemingway admired Tolstoy, Tolstoy admired Pushkin, and Mailer admired Hemingway. It all flows down. The greats are all connected. One day I'm gonna write a book myself. The first chapter will be about what a rough deal my momma got. She believed in you guys and your society.” PeopleWritingFirstsBookRealGuyCultureLiteratureFunDealsOne DayDrugFlowSuicideCommittedConnectedHipsRoughChaptersAddictAlcoholicsDrug AddictAmerican LiteratureMommaHad FunMy MommaPushkin Author:Mike Tyson
“Promise to my momma I'ma make it to the Top.. So I'ma keep climbing til my heartbeat drop” PromiseClimbingHeartbeatMommaMy Momma Author:J. Cole
“My father's rich, my momma's good looking. Right? And I can play the Blues. I've never suffered and don't intend to suffer.” I CanPlaySufferingFatherMusicRichJazzLooking GoodJazz MusicMommaMy Momma Author:Miles Davis
“One nice thing about my momma is, she never gets on you for what you are not doing. I mean, she never looks away from the things you do only to notice what isn't on the plan. This is the most important thing in getting along with...anybody, and I can tell you because I copy it from her and it makes good sense. You don't go looking at the things people don't do, when they already be doing plenty in other areas. If your son collects stamps, why you want to go fussing at him because he doesn't play the clarinet? Check out his stamps, man.” PeopleIfsMenWantLooksMeanI CanImportantPlayNicePlansSonAreasImportant ThingsChecksPlentyCopiesStampsGood SenseNice ThingsYour SonMommaGetting AlongClarinetFussingMy Momma Author:Bruce Brooks
“Even my momma asked what I'mma do. Decisions, decisions/ In case this is war, then I load up on all ammunition/ If a n----a want problems, my trigger's on auto.” IfsWantWarProblemDecisionCasesMmaLoadTriggersAmmunitionMommaMy Momma Author:J. Cole
“They'll be days like this" my momma said. When you open your hands to catch, and wind up with only blisters and bruises. When you try to step out of the phone booth and try to fly , and the very people you want to save, are the ones standing on your cape. When your boots will fill with rain, and you'll be up to your knees with disappointment And those are the very days you have all the more reason to say "Thank you".” PeopleWantTryingSaidReasonHandsStepsWindRainStandingPhonesDisappointmentKneesBootsBruisesSaying Thank YouCapesMommaBlistersPhone BoothMy MommaDays Like This Author:Sarah Kay
“My granddaddy on my momma's side, he was a romantic. He loved love songs. Every Valentine's Day, I remember him buying a red carnation for my grandmomma, my momma and my sister. That was something you could count on every year.” YearsRememberSongSidesRedBuyingMy SisterValentineValentine's DayMommaMy MommaCarnationsGranddaddy Author:Josh Turner
“I'm so not scary. I'm a pussycat. But what are you going to do, right? I mean, these cheekbones, and I guess these eyes, and the big nose... this is what my momma and my poppa gave to me, and that's the deal.” MeanBigsEyeDealsScaryNosesMommaThese EyesCheekbonesMy MommaBig Nose Author:Kim Coates