I'm from the South, where if you walk down the street and there's somebody behind you talking with a Southern accent, you can't tell whether it's a black or a white person.

When you say, 'Southern,' or you speak about a southern accent, there's always that drawl, and usually from white people. That's what people associate with the South. But we're all different. The black southern accent is different.

You can't do Shakespeare with a Southern accent, honey.

They seem to be charmed by my Southern accent.

A Southern accent is not a club in my bag.

I had a Southern accent but I had broken it so hard.