You might be a redneck if you entire family has ever sat around waiting for a call from the governor to spare a loved one.

It's a weird sensation to be mad and learning at the same time.

We really didn't have the option of being couch potatoes when I was growing up. There were only three television channels and the only kid's programming was on Saturday morning. We always played outside until we could hear Mom calling us (not by cell phone but with her hands cupped around her mouth) that it was dinner time.

Louisiana has the best food on the planet if you don't really ask too much about what you're eating.

I'm very lucky in that I've gotten to do a lot of things. But if you ever put a gun to my head and said, "You can only do one," I'd think it would be stand-up. I think it's the coolest job in the world.

Sophisticated people invest their money in stock portfolios. Rednecks invest their money in commemorative plates.

You might be a redneck if your birth announcement included the word rug rat.