Mississippi Delta Quotes

The Mississippi Delta is an unusual place. A little country, or cultural island of its on. In 2005 NPR had a show about it and I heard a couple of quotes describing the "Delta". I have been looking for for years so I could write them down. I finally found them on a previous show link at NPR.org. Here they are in print. Only someone who knows the Mississippi Delta would really understand. So here they are:

The history here is very rich, a little ugly, but very, very rich"

The following is my favorite and the one I have searched for for so long:

The Mississippi Delta - where
Cotton is King,
Corn Liquor is Queen,
every night is Saturday Night,
every Day is Payday,
two vacations a year,
six months apiece,
the richest land,
the poorest people