My father was a railroad man his entire life; 43 years for Southern Railroad.
The underlying process in Northern music tends to be slower and continuous, whatever's happening on the surface; in Southern music the underlying process is always faster.
You know, I'm from the South, and I wasn't interested in perpetuating a stereotypical southern character.
Why build entirely new systems for connecting to Christ consciousness when the institutions—whether Methodist, Lutheran, or Baptist—have already been created?
If there was anything I learned from John the Baptist, it was that the sooner you confess a mistake, the quicker you can get on to making new and better mistakes.
I grew up as a kind of nondenominational Christian. I have two uncles who are Baptist ministers. I went to a Samoan church when I was younger. I went to a Catholic school, so I was actually able to experience a lot of different religions. Mormonism, ...
Jesus: In the desert, the baptist warned us, God is coming. Well, I'm telling you it's too late! He's already here. I'm here! And I'm going to baptize everybody... with fire!
I was one of I think three white girls in my school. So, I was very much an outsider. And plus I was Jewish and all of my friends were black and Baptist because they listen to the coolest music. We were all listening to Ray Charles and what was then ...
When I was little I went to a Baptist Church with my grandmother. My earliest memories were of her falling out in the middle of the floor and they had to cover her with a white sheet. Every time we went to church it was scary. The music would start p...
Never marry something until you've established the perfect pizza ratio...The premise is simple. My husband and I knew we were made for each other because we're a 6:2 ratio, six slices for him and two for me...Never marry a man who wants two slices on...
Some Southerners effectively applied slave labor to the cultivation of corn, grain, and hemp (for making rope and twine), to mining and lumbering, to building canals and railroads, and even to the manufacture of textiles, iron, and other industrial p...
Your thighs are appletrees. Your knees are a southern breeze.
Now, now. Southern ladies don’t French-kiss and tell.
When young I did my best to undo that bit of the British Empire I found myself in: that is, old Southern Rhodesia.
I am just the most boring person you will ever meet. I'm the good Southern daughter. I'm not outrageous.
As one went to Europe to see the living past, so one must visit Southern California to observe the future.
As a kid growing up in Southern California, I was a frequent visitor to the Disneyland and developed a deep love of the magic and wonder of Disney.
The Southerner is usually tolerant of those weaknesses that proceed from innocence.
To this day the Arab influence is evident in southern Italy, northern Africa and, above all, in Spain.
I was elected six times to represent southern Arizona, in the State Legislature and then in Congress.
I'm Southern, but I need to be out making my own money, and impacting the world outside of my house.
