Little Milton Professions : Singer Born : September 7, 1934 Died : August 4, 2005 Browse All Authors Top 11 quotes by Little Milton I did learn that it was the greatest thing in the world to respect yourself. Respect other people. Little Milton self-respect people world If I don't love you, baby, grits ain't groceries. Little Milton grit love-you baby 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 stars real people 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 weekend black play I'm from the Mississippi delta originally. Little Milton mississippi-delta delta mississippi And one of my favorites was Eddy Arnold of course. He just had that smooth, soulful voice. Little Milton smooth courses voice I was born in a little place called Inverness, MS. Little Milton born littles I was never into the Bluegrass, Bill Monroe and stuff like that. Little Milton bluegrass bills stuff My mom moved up between Leland and Greenville when I was just a little tot. Little Milton tots mom littles Most times we would make more money in the tip boxes - they called it - than we were getting paid. Little Milton than make more money 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 you money men Similar Authors Bert McCracken singer Betty Carter singer Bing Crosby singer Brian Fallon singer Brooke Allison singer Brook Benton singer All Authors
