Memphis Quotes · Page 3

“We have your next assignment,” Memphis said without preamble.”

— Sloane Kennedy

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

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

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

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

You gotta grind, you gotta make your way. Everybody's got their grind mentality in Memphis.

— Tay Keith

The fact is, I'm the biggest rapper from Memphis, I help a lot of rappers from Memphis.

— Yo Gotti

Most studios in Memphis had a house set of drums; the drummers just brought their own sticks.

— Steve Cropper

I have some that I have become a well-known-even infamous-client of, mostly in Memphis. But a great deal of that is legend…

— William Eggleston

Growing up in Memphis and listening to all kinds of music and dreaming... So that was one of the first times I…

— William Bell

I remember one night in Memphis, I'd come out of a blackout, and I didn't know where I was. I'm feeling through…

— Ozzy Osbourne

Facinating." He broke into a wide grin. "I've discovered something, Khufu. This is not Memphis, Egypt." Khufu gave me a sideways look,…

— Rick Riordan

I hitchhiked, took trucks 'n' trains - anything that would pick me up. I stopped in Memphis for about six months and…

— John Lee Hooker

One of the greatest matches I ever saw was Jerry Lawler against Terry Funk in the Memphis Midsouth Coliseum, but there was…

— Jim Cornette

Memphis is a vibrant and diverse city that is on the verge of a Real Food renaissance. We are more than thrilled…

— Kimbal Musk

[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

All inquiry into antiquity, all curiosity respecting the Pyramids, the excavated cities, Stonehenge, the Ohio Circles, Mexico, Memphis,--is the desire to do…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Many cities make music, but no city breathes music quite like Memphis. The songs and sounds that come from here are uniquely…

— Shawn Amos

When he's healthy, Zach Randolph for the Memphis Grizzlies has always been somebody that has always been very tough to play against.

— Kevin Love

Big train from Memphis, now it's gone gone gone, gone gone gone. Like no one before, he let out a roar, and…

— John Fogerty

Memphis is a basketball town, but we're not viewed that way on the national map. Maybe it's because the Grizzlies aren't on…

— Mike Conley Jr

I made it real clear I wanted to play in Orlando. Part of it was Shaq. But I also just liked Orlando.…

— Penny Hardaway

Memphis made me. I always say that. The experiences I had in that city and with those fans made me.

— Mike Conley Jr

She would go to Memphis and this was after our divorce. And I would send her to Memphis to be with him.

— Priscilla Presley

Yeah, I actually went to college. I went to Southwest Community College in Memphis; I tried to go to TSU, and they…

— Yo Gotti

Talk about full circle, I never saw this coming. It wasn't like I said, 'Someday, I want to be the head coach…

— Penny Hardaway

Man, that record came out and was real big in Memphis. They started playing it, and it got real big. Don't know…

— Elvis Presley

I grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, born and raised. It was hard. I stayed with my momma, then I ended up moving…

— Tay Keith

Finding meaningful ways to support the youth and families in the city of Memphis is very powerful.

— Jaren Jackson, Jr

Anytime I was in Memphis with my dad and at the house, I was happy. That was, like, a given. It was…

— Lisa Marie Presley

The many sounds of Memphis shaped my early musical career and continue to be an inspiration to this day.

— Justin Timberlake

Growing up in Memphis, I have always admired St. Jude's for the magnificent work they do.

— Ginnifer Goodwin

Before too long I was playing badly out in some bars around Memphis, but as soon as I learned a few chords…

— Bryan Hayes

Memphis is a great town, man. There's a great musical community here. I'm trying to fit in.

— Charles Moore

Before that, I had a name in Memphis and Arkansas. I was going up just locally. But 'F.N.F.' took over globally.

— GloRilla

Real respects real, so if you can get Memphis to love you, you have to have something real there. Memphis doesn't just…

— Young Dolph

I often thought that if I had been working with Mark James at American Studios, I would have had a pop hit…

— Ronnie Milsap

You can't change what Memphis means to me, what Memphis has meant to me. It's a special place for me. There's no…

— Marc Gasol

I have opinions about the differences between Memphis barbecue and Texas barbecue. Put me in the kitchen and you'll see how Southern…

— Chris Hardwick

I'm a success story. Everybody from Memphis knows that, that's why don't nobody question it.

— Yo Gotti