I've got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee. — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
I get called 'Memphis Eve,' but my first name is Eve. I know Memphis is in there somewhere, but on my passport… — Eve Hewson Copy Share Image
When Lonnie Mack came out with the guitar instrumental "Memphis" I thought, Oh God, finally somebody we guitar players can relate to ! — Richard Betts Copy Share Image
Memphis was a great city back when Elvis was alive. A very electric, fun place to be, especially if Elvis was in… — B. J. Thomas Copy Share Image
I picked all the tunes before I went to Memphis, and the band was all set. Willie Mitchell is an arranger like… — Otis Rush Copy Share Image
I sang in church growing up. Memphis is the blues capital of the world, we like to say. — Justin Timberlake Copy Share Image
When I got outta High School I was driving a truck. I was just a poor boy from Memphis, Memphis. — Elvis Presley Copy Share Image
A friend of mine took me to Memphis advised me that I should get in the musicians' union. He gave me a… — Levon Helm Copy Share Image
... so much of what we do now started in 1954 at Sun Records in Memphis Tennessee ... those guys were inventing… — Brian Setzer Copy Share Image
Even though the city of Memphis and this organization has welcomed me with open arms, I play every game like it's my… — Matt Barnes Copy Share Image
I can only speak for myself, but when I was growing up in Memphis - and having the Martin Luther King holiday… — Katori Hall Copy Share Image
If someone had said to me ten years ago "Yo, we have this role of this pimp who wants to be a… — Morris Chestnut Copy Share Image
Memphis breeds hustlers, I feel. It's just cutthroat living period, so to survive around vultures and savages like that, it prepares you… — Yo Gotti Copy Share Image
I love the Memphis sound. When I was 16-and-a-half, with my driver's permit, I was playing New Jersey clubs in a 10-piece… — David Bryan Copy Share Image
ELVIS PRESLEY was bigger than life. His success was documented and laid out for him. He came to the first show I… — Roy Orbison Copy Share Image
I used to listen to the radio, and when I was about 18 years old, B.B. King was a disc jockey and… — Koko Taylor Copy Share Image
Judging from what looks like the popularity of this classic wrestling show is that the people like what they have grown to… — Jerry Lawler Copy Share Image
The city of Memphis has demonstrated that neither character nor standing avails the Negro if he dares to protect himself against the… — Ida B. Wells Copy Share Image
What would we say if the Chinese sent a gunboat with their marines up the Mississippi River claiming they were protecting their… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Mississippi begins in a lobby of a Memphis, Tennessee hotel and extends south to the Gulf of Mexico — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Memphis is the place where rock was born and Martin Luther King, Jr., was killed. It's full of contradictions, abject poverty, and… — Shawn Amos Copy Share Image
Memphis off to a good start vs Arizona! Let's go boys! Who you guys got in your brackets? — Derrick Rose Copy Share Image
The fact is, I'm the biggest rapper from Memphis, I help a lot of rappers from Memphis. — Yo Gotti Copy Share Image
You gotta grind, you gotta make your way. Everybody's got their grind mentality in Memphis. — Tay Keith Copy Share Image
Memphis is just like any other city. I'm pretty sure it's like the streets of Baltimore, with your hoods and traps. — Yo Gotti Copy Share Image
It just so happened that the sound I've developed has the Memphis origins to it that made Drake wanted to work with… — Tay Keith Copy Share Image
Life don’t come to you, Memphis. You gotta take it. We have to take it. Because ain’t nobody handing it to us. — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
I love Motown, but I've obviously always been more of a Memphis soul fan. If it's Stax or Motown, I go Stax. — Justin Townes Earle Copy Share Image
You have pretty much the same fan base in Memphis, year over year the same group. We watched teenagers in the stands… — Marc Gasol Copy Share Image
I've always been in love with that Delta-flavored music... the music that came from Mississippi and Memphis and, especially, New Orleans. When… — Robbie Robertson Copy Share Image
I think, in general, when you talk about great wrestling towns in the history of the world, I think Memphis kind of… — Samoa Joe Copy Share Image
Memphis—it’s just a bird. Birds fly around, brother. It’s what they do. It’s not following you, and it’s not a sign. Unless… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
I find it deeply upsetting when I see justice not being served. How do we as human beings deal with the unknown?… — Atom Egoyan Copy Share Image
I was always drawn to the roots music, bluegrass, blues, early rock - Sun Records, Elvis [Presley]. And I still love that… — Steve Young Copy Share Image
The support this city and our fans have shown the Grizzlies made my decision to stay in Memphis an easy one. Memphis… — Jerry West Copy Share Image
It's funny, when you're a child you think time will never go by, but when you hit about twenty, time passes like… — Fannie Flagg Copy Share Image
In 1968, the sanitation workers of Memphis tried to form a union. The city resisted. The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. came… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
I'd been to Memphis before, but we stayed out of Memphis early on in the late 70s for obvious reasons. People were… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
[William] Eggleston's photographs look like they were taken by a Martian who lost the ticket for his flight home and ended up… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
Memphis is a vibrant and diverse city that is on the verge of a Real Food renaissance. We are more than thrilled… — Kimbal Musk Copy Share Image
![“I was always drawn to the roots music, bluegrass, blues, early rock - Sun Records, Elvis [Presley]. And I still love that music to this day. Memphis never gets the credit. It's much more musically rich than Nashville ever will be. Nashville manufactured that hokey-hillbilly image way back.” quote by Steve Young](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ad8/steve-young-2710_bluegrass_i-was-always-drawn-to-the-roots-music-bl_1880523.jpg)
![“[William] Eggleston's photographs look like they were taken by a Martian who lost the ticket for his flight home and ended up working at a gun shop in a small town near Memphis. On the weekend he searches for the ticket - it must be somewhere - with a haphazard thoroughness that confounds…” quote by Geoff Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f90/geoff-dyer-8822_flight_william-eggleston-s-photographs-look-lik_1681804.jpg)
