Quotes About Mississippi

It was a culture shock at first, moving from Michigan to Mississippi. But it ended up being the best decision I ever made.

I've always loved gospel music. Being raised in Mississippi, it was kind of part of the atmosphere down there.

I was just a small boy from Mississippi, and now little kids are going to identify with me through this game.

Growing up in Mississippi, the first song that I ever remember hearing, that captivated my mind and transported me from my bedroom out to the West, is a song called 'Don't Take Your Guns to Town' by Johnny Cash. That's when I was 5-years-old. And I played that song over and over again. I pantomimed it in school for show-and-tell.

Music is in Mississippi's DNA, whether it's the blues, country music, folk, or rock 'n' roll. It's not just a source of cultural pride, but also a strong contributor to our economy.

This is said to us, even as this counterfeit president has legalized the Confederate Flag in Mississippi.

I went to college in Mississippi; I'm from Louisiana.

Oh, definitely and I talk about all the things that I really needed to make me happy at that point in time were outside of Mississippi, and now all the things that I need to make me happy are back there.

I would sit on the street corners in my hometown of Indianola, Mississippi, and I would play. And, generally, I would start playing gospel songs.

I grew up in Mississippi. I was there for 13 years, and then when I turned 13, I moved out to L.A.

If I go into the Mississippi Delta at pitch black midnight and put on a Robert Johnson record, it's hard to sit in the car because it's pretty powerful.

I wrote 'The Hate U Give' as a short story while I was in college at a mostly white school in conservative Mississippi.

My maternal grandmother was a star on her high school basketball team in small-town Mississippi.

In Mississippi, black and white live cheek by jowl, day in and day out.

It is a great honor to serve Mississippi as its first female United States Senator.

Air service is an important asset for rural communities in Mississippi.

The approach I take to legislation a lot of times is that Mississippi has been a state for 198 years, and if we have made it this long without a particular law being on the books, we can probably make it another year without it.

Mississippi's never going to be China.

I am dedicated to expanding Medicaid in Mississippi.

I really don't need anyone to come to Mississippi to generate a vote for me.

If it's good for Mississippi, I'll vote for it. If it comes from the Democratic side, fine. If it's good for us, I'll vote for it. But the converse is also true.

What we need is a good salesman for Mississippi, someone who can effectively represent our interests.

We need a governor focused on job creation, bringing better and higher paying jobs to Mississippi.

President Biden is the duly-elected president and we will do everything we can to work with him to help the citizens of Mississippi.