"I didn't have a mother; I had a mama. I measure other women by the stature of my mama."

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Source : "Al Green: What I've Learned" by Larry Getlen, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

Al Green

#Mother Quotes #Mama Quotes

“Everywhere I go, I have my little Steinberger, and I like it very well.”
“Cunning is only the mimic of discretion, and may pass upon weak men in the same manner as vivacity is often mistaken for wit, and gravity for wisdom.”
“I think I have character, and that is what people like in me.”
“Your path lies across the stars.”
“It's impossible to put yourself first when you're a mom.”
“In short, it is the greatest absurdity to suppose it in the power of one, or any number of men, at the entering into society, to renounce their essential natural rights, or the means of preserving those rights; when the grand end of civil government, from the very nature of its institution, is for the support, protection, and defence of those very rights; the principal of which, as is before observed, are Life, Liberty, and Property.”
“Guided by His wisdom, strong in His strength, there maybe for you struggle and suffering, the darkness and the storm. "The disciple is not above His Master." There may be weeping that shall endure for a night, but joy shall come in the morning. If the night cometh, so also the morning, "a morning without clouds," the morning of an eternal day.”
“The musician lifestyle is not easy for most people to understand. This is something I'm struggling with. When you're on tour, people think you're just having the time of your life and it's really romantic.”

Source : "Without Her Happy Hookers". Interview With Shilpa Ray, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 27, 2015.

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