Blood and Banjos Quotes

“If I’ve learned one thing in my life it’s that most people act out of fear. When I look back on every bad decision in my life, that’s where it came from. Fear of missing out, fear of losing someone or something, fear of getting my ass kicked, or even fear of getting my heart hurt. Fear is the worst reason to do anything.”
― Franklin Horton, Blood and Banjos

“If Mama ain’t happy, nobody’s happy.”
― Franklin Horton, Blood and Banjos

“It was the biggest mistake we ever made in this country, letting the government get big enough that they couldn’t keep their nose out of our business and their hands out of our pockets. There’s some that will tell you the poor in this country are parasites, living off the working man. The truth of it is that the government is the real leech here. They throw all kinds of blame around because they want you looking everywhere but at them. They like to keep us fighting with each other so we don’t throw them out on their butts.”
― Franklin Horton, Blood and Banjos

“Seriously though, that’s something I miss about the time I grew up in. A man had older men around to help guide him. I assume women had the same thing but I never paid no mind to that. I had grandpas around. There were uncles and great-uncles. There were old men who lived in the valley here. You saw those old men all the time and they asked you questions about your life. They helped keep you pointed in the right direction.” “I didn’t have much of that growing up,” Jim admitted. “Don’t have any of it now.” Orbin nodded as if this proved his point. “Makes things harder, doesn’t it? If you go it alone, all you have is the school of hard knocks to keep you straight and that’s a rough ride.” “Tell me about it. I know all about learning from mistakes.” “At least you’re learning, son, and you care about learning. That’s important. Many folks these days are more concerned with being right than becoming better people. They don’t grow and change. They get some crazy idea in their head and then find something on the internet that validates it for them. Then they never have to grow, you see? They never have to get better. The truth is that you’re never perfect just the way you are, no matter what the internet says. You should always be working toward being better. By the time you’re old, like me, you’ll be damn near perfect.” Orbin let out a huge laugh and patted Jim on the back.”
― Franklin Horton, Blood and Banjos