I've Got Two Vices: Cigarettes And Taters.

When It's Said And Done, The One Thing I Want To Leave On This Earth Is Hope. I Have Felt Hopelessness, And It's A Terrible Feeling. Hopelessness Will Destroy You. I Want To Bring Hope To Other People.

You Don't Want To Make A Steady Diet Of Just Lettuce. You Don't Want To Make A Steady Diet Of Fried Chicken.

Down South, Even Our Vegetables Have Some Pig Hidden Somewhere In It. A Vegetable Isn't A Vegetable Without A Little Ham Hock.

I Can't, Myself, Determine What Offends Another Person.

It Wasnt Until I Was A Sophomore In High School That I Asked Mama If I Could Come Into The Kitchen And Have Her Teach Me How To Cook Something. Well, I Wasnt In There Five Minutes Before She Said, Ok, Honey, You Have To Go Now. I Made Her So Nervous She Was About Ready To Throw Up. So I Really Didnt Have An Interest In Being In The Kitchen Until After I Was Married, When I Was 18. It Didnt Take Me Long To Realize That Mama Was Not Going To Show Up At My House Every Day And Cook.