Little Milton Quotes

I did learn that it was the greatest thing in the world to respect yourself. Respect other people.
Little Milton

Respect, Yourself, Greatest

And I tell my audience, you know, give the real stars a round of applause. Because without them I'm nobody. So I learned so much from people like that.
Little Milton

Real, Give, Learned

And one of my favorites was Eddy Arnold of course. He just had that smooth, soulful voice.
Little Milton

Voice, Smooth, Favorites

I was born in a little place called Inverness, MS.
Little Milton

Place, Born, Ms

I was never into the Bluegrass, Bill Monroe and stuff like that.
Little Milton

Stuff, Bluegrass, Monroe

I'm from the Mississippi delta originally.
Little Milton

Delta, Originally

Most times we would make more money in the tip boxes - they called it - than we were getting paid.
Little Milton

Money, Getting, Times

My mom moved up between Leland and Greenville when I was just a little tot.
Little Milton

Mom, Between, Moved

So I got a chance to meet a whole bunch of those old real, real rough but gentle men. They lived hard, but they lived good - in one sense, you know. But you had a lot of fun. Didn't make much money, but you had a lot of fun.
Little Milton

Good, Money, Men

We could play them through the week, and then the weekend we could play the black joints. I learned to be very versatile and learned to love it. So it stays with me even up to now.
Little Milton

Love, Black, Through

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: September 17, 1934

Died: August 4, 2005

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