I was in the ministry for some time. All my family is immersed in a black church in Memphis. — Merle Dandridge Copy Share Image
That was the big thing when I was growing up, singing on the radio. The extent of my dream was to sing… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
After college, I went to Alley Theatre in Houston to work in their apprentice actor program. I thought I was gonna get… — Chris Parnell Copy Share Image
I hitchhiked, took trucks 'n' trains - anything that would pick me up. I stopped in Memphis for about six months and… — John Lee Hooker 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
It was special with me being from Memphis and knowing the history of the venue, knowing all of the artists who performed… — Yo Gotti 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 cannot be anyone else but Memphis. I tried that, and I was not happy with myself. — Memphis Depay Copy Share Image
Memphis held onto me until I was far enough along in my art and then it let me go. — Valerie June Copy Share Image
Walking in Memphis, I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale. Walking in Memphis, but do I really feel… — Marc Cohn Copy Share Image
My dad was a congressman, and he taught me at a very early age, 'They voted for me, they view me as… — Harold Ford, Jr Copy Share Image
Seeing the road show of 'A Chorus Line' in 1977 at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Memphis was a life-changing event for… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
When I came out of the military, I had a club in Memphis and I started using the The Bar Kays as… — William Bell Copy Share Image
Growing up in Memphis and listening to all kinds of music and dreaming... So that was one of the first times I… — William Bell Copy Share Image
My parents were working in a hospital in Memphis. But I didn't live there for any length of time that I remember.… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
Sycamore trees were held to be sacred in ancient Egypt and are the first trees represented in ancient art. The sycamore, also,… — Larry Gates Copy Share Image
Because I was single, there was a chance I was a homosexual. Because I went to Syracuse, wherever that was, then I… — John Grisham 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
Most studios in Memphis had a house set of drums; the drummers just brought their own sticks. — Steve Cropper Copy Share Image
I don't know enough about hip-hop, though I've heard some great hip-hop. I just did a thing with Qwest Love - we… — Bela Fleck Copy Share Image
The nation is sick; trouble is in the land, confusion all around...But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough… — Martin Luther King, Jr 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
