--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Honor thy Father and thy Mother was once…" description: "\"Honor thy Father and thy Mother was once said, but then someone said: What if I don't know your Father? A still voice said: Does that makes him the dev..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/226/bootsy-collins-15524_celebrate_honor-thy-father-and-thy-mother-was-once_1834231.jpg" --- # Honor thy Father and thy Mother was once said, but then… ![“Honor thy Father and thy Mother was once said, but then someone said: What if I don't know your Father? A still voice said: Does that makes him the devil? He is still someone's Father, his name has been changed, but his story is the same. Why hate when we should Celebrate. In this world of two's…” quote by Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/226/bootsy-collins-15524_celebrate_honor-thy-father-and-thy-mother-was-once_1834231.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/226/bootsy-collins-15524_celebrate_honor-thy-father-and-thy-mother-was-once_1834231.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/226/bootsy-collins-15524_celebrate_honor-thy-father-and-thy-mother-was-once_1834231.jpg) > “Honor thy Father and thy Mother was once said, but then someone said: What if I don't know your Father? A still voice said: Does that makes him the devil? He is still someone's Father, his name has been changed, but his story is the same. Why hate when we should Celebrate. In this world of two's, you got the Mourning Son, and the Daughter of the Night. They both equal light once you make it through the night. Now, wake the funk up!” [Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Even when origins are unclear, we share common humanity; choose celebration over hatred. **In simple terms:** Celebrate shared humanity despite unknown origins. Key Takeaway Embrace unity, reject hatred. Themes family identity unity Mood hopeful energetic Type inspirational musical When to use this quote - community building - conflict resolution - personal healing Key Concepts social cohesion cultural narratives intergenerational trauma Questions to Reflect On - How can we honor diverse histories while fostering unity? - What practices help transform grief into celebration? A Different Perspective Simplifying complex histories can ignore real grievances. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Daughter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/daughter/) [Devil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devil/) [Father](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father/) [Funk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/funk/) [Hate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hate/) [Honor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/honor/) [Light](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/light/) [Mother](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mother/) [Mourning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mourning/) [Night](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/night/) [Parenting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/parenting/) [Son](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/son/) [Stories](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stories/) [Voice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/voice/) [World](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/) ## Related quotes > [Sometimes I wish that people were less judgmental. We're all equally awesome! 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Becoming a father changed my outlook and gave me a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nate-dogg/if-i-m-not-around-not-only-do-i-fail-my-sons-i-fail-myself-becoming-a/) [Nate Dogg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nate-dogg/) > [Being a father has changed my life in unimaginable ways; I've taken everything in a more serious way because I know that my wife…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-moreno/being-a-father-has-changed-my-life-in-unimaginable-ways-i-ve-taken/) [Brandon Moreno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-moreno/) > [I love it. I hate that word (fatherhood), but I love being a father; it's changed everything in so many ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orlando-bloom/i-love-it-i-hate-that-word-fatherhood-but-i-love-being-a-father-it-s/) [Orlando Bloom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orlando-bloom/) > [“And so my father changed his name to William Pretty and here he grew up and led an independent life. And if it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-proulx/and-so-my-father-changed-his-name-to-william-pretty-and-here-he-grew/) [Annie Proulx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-proulx/) > [A name is so important in biblical settings that Scripture frequently mentions God Himself changing someone's name to reflect a new reality. Abram, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-evans/a-name-is-so-important-in-biblical-settings-that-scripture-frequently/) [Tony Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-evans/) > [If you fake the funk, your nose will grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/if-you-fake-the-funk-your-nose-will-grow/) [Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/) > [I come equipped with stereophonic funk producin´ disco inducin´ twin magnetic rock receptors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/i-come-equipped-with-stereophonic-funk-producin-disco-inducin-twin/) [Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/) > [Funk is the absence of any and everything you can think of, but the very essence of all that is. And saying that, I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/funk-is-the-absence-of-any-and-everything-you-can-think-of-but-the/) [Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/) > [Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bible/shalt-thou-reign-because-thou-closest-thyself-in-cedar-did-not-thy/) [Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bible/) > [Patience, it will be a mere 100 yrs afore thy father release the to be wed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grass-hopper/patience-it-will-be-a-mere-100-yrs-afore-thy-father-release-the-to-be/) Grass Hopper > [Be kind to thy father, for when thou were young, who loved thee so fondly as he? He caught the first accents that fell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/be-kind-to-thy-father-for-when-thou-were-young-who-loved-thee-so/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [If God is thy father, human beings are thy brothers and sisters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonse-de-lamartine/if-god-is-thy-father-human-beings-are-thy-brothers-and-sisters/) [Alphonse de Lamartine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alphonse-de-lamartine/) ## More by Bootsy Collins > [When you're used to playing with people, when you're in a band, then you're used to playing with each other. People nowadays aren't used…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/when-you-re-used-to-playing-with-people-when-you-re-in-a-band-then/) [Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/) > [Just another point of view, I'm just a reflection of you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/just-another-point-of-view-i-m-just-a-reflection-of-you/) [Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/) > [We learn a lot, but the actions we don't put behind those things that we learn and we continue to make the same mistakes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/we-learn-a-lot-but-the-actions-we-don-t-put-behind-those-things-that/) [Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/) > [Once you lose that musician part -not just the playing, I'm talking about musician attitude- then you're lost, man. 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I wanted to be a guitar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/my-brother-was-very-important-to-me-and-he-played-guitar-so-that-s/) [Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/) > [If you fake the funk, your nose will grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/if-you-fake-the-funk-your-nose-will-grow/) [Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/) > [When I was coming up, we weren't trying to get a hit or get paid, we were just trying to do our thing. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/when-i-was-coming-up-we-weren-t-trying-to-get-a-hit-or-get-paid-we/) [Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/) > [The secret to walkin´ on water is knowing where the rocks are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/the-secret-to-walkin-on-water-is-knowing-where-the-rocks-are/) [Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/) > [Well actually, we are working on the live album from the shows in Japan. I'm trying to get that finished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/well-actually-we-are-working-on-the-live-album-from-the-shows-in/) [Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/) > [I guess some of today's programming has rubbed off on me because I find myself having to set time around for touring, putting that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/i-guess-some-of-today-s-programming-has-rubbed-off-on-me-because-i/) [Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/) > [Happiness is a side effect of doing something that has nothing to do with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/happiness-is-a-side-effect-of-doing-something-that-has-nothing-to-do/) [Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/) > [I'd like to have younger people around me and that I'll be involved with them a lot more now, as opposed to me being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/i-d-like-to-have-younger-people-around-me-and-that-i-ll-be-involved/) [Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/) > [Catfish is not playing guitar no more, he's doing like a home-front thing. He had been in the business around ten years before I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/catfish-is-not-playing-guitar-no-more-he-s-doing-like-a-home-front/) [Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/) [Explore all 43 Bootsy Collins quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/) ## More Celebrate quotes > [Companies with cultures that celebrate diverse opinions and encourage the exchange of ideas have an advantage when solving difficult problems. A company that doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-mcmillon/companies-with-cultures-that-celebrate-diverse-opinions-and-encourage/) [Doug McMillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-mcmillon/) > [Spiritually, life is a festival, a celebration. 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But I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-wilde/trying-to-find-this-industry-s-tendency-to-celebrate-the-physical-is/) [Olivia Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-wilde/) > [On Valentine's Day, couples in Calgary can celebrate their love for each other with couples' nude yoga - great way to get in shape…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sagal/on-valentine-s-day-couples-in-calgary-can-celebrate-their-love-for/) [Peter Sagal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sagal/) > [A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the conduct of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-h-lapham/a-society-that-presumes-a-norm-of-violence-and-celebrates-aggression/) [Lewis H. Lapham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-h-lapham/) > [No matter what day we celebrate Australia Day, let's celebrate it together and give thanks to the original inhabitants of this vast country. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-barnes/no-matter-what-day-we-celebrate-australia-day-let-s-celebrate-it/) [Jimmy Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-barnes/) > [I'm not so much in the future as always in the present. The future always takes care of itself. What I do now with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonas-mekas/i-m-not-so-much-in-the-future-as-always-in-the-present-the-future/) [Jonas Mekas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonas-mekas/) > [Birth, life, death is a cycle. And they're all beautiful, you celebrate all of them. Animals do grieve, but they move on. That's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-millan/birth-life-death-is-a-cycle-and-they-re-all-beautiful-you-celebrate/) [Cesar Millan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-millan/) > [I just wanted to jump into the stands and start celebrating with those wonderful fans. 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