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James McBride Quotes

When my mother left home, her family sat shivah for her, more because my father was not Jewish than because he was black.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: September 11, 1957

Topics

Family Father Mother Home Black Her

I don't see myself as offending people.

Myself People See Offending

I have the freedom to take chances, to say no. I have the freedom to be who I really want to be, rather than have to conform to this or that just to stay alive.

Freedom Chance Alive Say Want Take

I won't ever got to a place that's racist, and I will tell everybody else not to and I'll speak against them. But it should be their right to be racist.

Speak Place Will Right Tell Against

I can't write a line without music - it provides just the right amount of distraction to keep me focused. Clearly, I still miss the noisy roommates.

Music Me Roommates Focused Right

When I was a kid, I needed to sing because it makes me feel good about myself. It makes me feel good, period.

Good Myself Me Feel Good Feel Kid

They would say, 'Okay, do KP,' and I would say, 'Excuse me, but I can't do KP. I'll do it tomorrow if that's all right with you.' And they'd say, 'Hell no, it's not all right with us. You do KP.'

Tomorrow Me Hell You Say Okay

I've seen Don Rickles up at the Montreal Comedy Festival. Don Rickles was doing jokes in a wheelchair, and he was headlining a show. Do you think they would let a woman do that?

Woman Think Comedy Doing You Jokes

Robert De Niro, I have loved this man forever. I mean, I think I have seen the 'Godfather' 300 times, but he is so special.

Man Think Loved Special Mean Seen

I went from my mother to my wife. And to this day, I can't bear to be alone.

Mother Alone Day Wife Bear

The songs come from a vulnerable place, but expressing that part of yourself can also make you feel fearless.

Yourself Fearless Feel You Place

I never played the game for money and attention. I love football, and I've had a blast.

Love Money Football Game Attention

AC/DC's 'Highway to Hell' is the greatest meshing of vocal, guitar, and content I've ever heard. That's what I aspire to.

Guitar Hell Content Aspire Greatest

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