"I love the South.  I love the drawl.  I love the pork lard.  

I love too much salt and too much sweet.  

I love the humidity.  There is a patina on Southerners.  

I think it is because of our dynamic history.  

There's a lot of pain that has happened in our history; 

a lot of mistakes made.  But an unfortunate circumstance 

can turn into an opportunity for greatness.  I think the 

South is great because of all the trying times - the tensions, hardships, wars and riots.  

All of those things really make a place... 

Well, for me it makes it home.  

There is grace in every sorrow.  

I think that is being Southern."

—   Jennifer Nettles for Southern Living Magazine