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Jimmy Smith

"My mom would have liked it that I patterned myself more after Jimmy Reed."

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"My mom would have liked it that I patterned myself more after Jimmy Reed."

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"Becoming a mom made me more contentious about expressing my true taste."

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"I told my agents that I didn't want to go on the audition. But as that was happening I called my mom, who has been watching the show from the beginning, and my mom said, 'It's the coolest show. You have to go.'"

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"My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet."

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"I was a hyper kid in school and the teacher suggested to my mom she needed to do something with me."

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"My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself."

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"My mom sang in high school choir and so did my father."

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"My mom is two people to me. She's my mom number one, and then she's this lady most comedians know as being a legendary owner of a nightclub that's responsible for starting a lot of heavy careers."

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"I didn't really know what I wanted to do, and then I got this call from a casting director in Los Angeles. She remembered me from something years before, and she called my mom wanting me to audition for this thing."

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"Sure, my childhood was unusual. All these eccentric, wild people frequented our home: rock stars, drag queens, models, bikers, freaks. But I was not this little rich girl. My mom and I lived in an apartment."

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"I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread."

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