Carolina Quotes
And in that family, it was my grandmother, my dad's mom. My sister was her first grandchild, and she had a choice. She was like I can treat this child differently or I can just treat this child like I love them because they're my grandchild, and that's what she did. And she set this tone, you know, that was like these are my grandchildren. And it was just this love. She was just made of love. And I just - I really feel like one person can make a huge difference if they just, like, believe what their heart tells them.
Rhiannon Giddens Carolinian
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Interview with Terry Gross, Fresh Air, NPR, May 11, 2017
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