Quotes by Redneck When somebody like Elvis Costello comes along, anybody can make a good record with him. Nick Lowe good-records redneck records I met Elvis first in Las Vegas. I think I was appearing with Tom Jones and he came backstage to say hello to Tom or we went to his dressing room to say hello. Norm Crosby redneck las-vegas thinking I used to go down every year for the remembrance of Elvis' birthday. Memphis State College invited me to sit in the auditorium and speak to the people for one of those Elvis days. Otis Blackwell redneck college birthday Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, and it holds the world together. Oprah Winfrey redneck humor funny Most of us had never seen a sober redneck before, and we have the Reagan Landslide to testify that none of us ever wants to see one again. It was a horrifying apparition. And ever since Jimmy Carter, all of us rednecks have had to be very careful to be drunk rednecks lest we turn into some kind of awful creature with big buck teeth and a State Department full of human-rights yahoos. P. J. O'Rourke redneck drunk rights I always thought that Elvis could have been a great actor, and that he was put in a lot of unimportant movies when he could have done a lot of great ones. Patti Page redneck actors done It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard 'Heartbreak Hotel' I thought, this is it. Paul McCartney redneck hospitality beats It’s just what they are — they’re jokes…most jokes are about Jewish people, rednecks, black folks…I can’t determine what offends another person. Paula Deen redneck black people And if there's any hope for America, it lies in a revolution, and if there's any hope for a revolution in America, it lies in getting Elvis Presley to become Che Guevara. Phil Ochs redneck lying america There were the phone calls and Elvis had asked me to visit him in Los Angeles. This was in 1962. Priscilla Presley redneck phone-calls phones I'm from West Virginia. If you didn't know what was happening in NASCAR, you were on the outside. NASCAR is a big league sport, but it's still also country and redneck. Randy Moss redneck sports country "Rednecks" always made me nervous to play, but I'm glad I wrote it and I continue to play it. It's just that the language is so rough. Randy Newman redneck language play It's partly the Southernization of America, in that the Southern working-class version of redneck is becoming the national version, and it's good-natured, it has humor and, in some ways, it's a performance. Robert Charles Wilson redneck class america People actually were worried that I was going to get stereotyped as a monster after Freddy, but my God, I got stereotyped as white trash for years, the best friend for years, the redneck for years, the nerd for years and let me tell you...it's better to be a monster than to be a nerd. Robert Englund redneck white years Come on now! You kick out the gooks, the next thing you know, you have to kick out the chinks, the spicks, the spooks, the kikes and all that's going to be left is a couple of brain-dead rednecks. Robin Williams redneck couple brain I'm learning to hunt with rifles, because if you think about it, hunting gets you the healthiest meat - organic, free-range food. It's a totally yuppie spin on what I thought was kind of a redneck occupation. Sarah Wayne Callies redneck hunting thinking Reardan is the rich white farm town that sits in the wheat fields exactly 22 miles away from the Rez. And it's a hick town I suppose filled with farmers and rednecks and racists cops who stop every Indian that drives through. During one week when I was little dad got stopped three times for DWI- Driving While Indian. Sherman Alexie wheat-fields redneck dad The atmosphere is so tense, if Elvis walked in, with a portion of chips... you could hear the vinegar sizzle on them. Sid Waddell redneck vinegar atmosphere I don’t know any redneck that’s not into fun. That’s their middle name: Red-Fun-Neck. Si Robertson redneck names fun The grand irony, however, is that Southern segregation was not brought to an end, nor redneck violence dramatically reduced, by violence. Stanley Crouch redneck southern violence «56789101112131415»
