Family Quote by J. D. Vance

My grandma would say if someone else calls you a hillbilly, you might need to punch them in the nose. But if we call…

— J. D. Vance

“Grits Glossary hillbilly \’hil-,bi-lē\ n: a derogatory term that refers to people living in the next county or town; alternate forms include redneck, cracker,…

— Deborah Ford

You can call us rednecks if you want. We're not offended, 'cause we know what we're all about. We get up and go to…

— Jeff Foxworthy

When I started out, I was what they called corny. After a week in Nashville they were calling me hillbilly.

— Vera Lynn

People look at you, and they've got just the perfect little box for you, the perfect category. Call you a redneck. Call you a…

— Travis Tritt

Because I lived in construction towns, we had a lot of workers who came from the South. They were all white, and, sorry to…

— Tom Brokaw

I aint a redneck 'cause I talk American real good!

— Alec Straub

I myself have been particularly careful never to say a civil word to the United States. I have scoffed at their inhabitants as a…

— George Bernard Shaw

There's no doubt that I'm southern, I'm country, I'm a redneck, I'm whatever you want to call it.

— Lainey Wilson

Trash talk? Smack talk? This is an American term that makes me laugh. I simply speak the truth. I'm an Irish man.

— Conor McGregor

You named them: hustlers, killers, fiends, ex-cons. I called them: cousins, aunts, pops, moms. To you? Hoodlums, crackheads, gunmens. To me? Just neighbors, classmates,…

— Ka

You might be a redneck if more than one living relative is named after a Southern Civil War general.

— Jeff Foxworthy