That part of your rant is not cool. Stuttering is genetic.
It is not known exactly what causes stuttering but experts suggest a number of factors may be involved. One is genetics - children of parents or other family members who stutter are more likely to stutter themselves. It is also four times more common in boys than girls. Around five per cent of...
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B.B. stuttered from the time he was a child.
David Shirley, while in grade school King attended the lively Pentecostal church services, and it was there that he discovered he had a special gift for music. People were amazed that he could sing so beautifully without stuttering.
“I struggle with words. Never could express myself the way I wanted. My mind fights my mouth, and thoughts get stuck in my throat. Sometimes they stay stuck for seconds or even minutes. As a child, I stuttered. What was inside couldn’t get out. I’m still not real fluent. I don’t know a lot of good words. If I were wrongfully accused of a crime, I’d have a tough time explaining my innocence. I’d stammer and stumble and choke up until the judge would throw me in jail. Words aren’t my friends. Music is. Sounds, notes, rhythms. I talk through music.”
King faced the typical difficulties faced by many children who stutter. However, he had role models who stuttered. His Uncle Major was a severe stutterer and King wrote of him, “Probably because I stuttered too, the way he suffered with his speech broke my heart and made me love him even more. There was a silent bond between us. Unlike others, I could feel what he wanted to say and sometimes said it for him.”
His great-grandfather, Pop Davidson, who had been a slave, was a major influence on King’s life and also stuttered. King’s admiration for his great-grandfather helped him accept his own stuttering.
“Sometimes I wondered about Pop’s stuttering, which unlike Uncle Major’s, frustrated him like crazy; I wondered if a speech impediment has to do with a boiled-up fury inside. Why did I stutter? Classmates were cruel and called me stupid, teasing me something fierce. But I never saw anyone tease Pop Davidson.”
Countless times in his life, King has stated that singing was always easier than speaking. He claims that his stuttering has decreased over the years but is always there.
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