“It may well be that it was in the reign of Merpeba, not in that of Aha or Narmer, that Memphis was… — Leonard William King Copy Share Image
My father living in Memphis now he can't come this way. Over some minor charges and child support that just wasn't paid. — Drake Copy Share Image
No such thing as a hard woman, Memphis,just soft men. With that, I turned, and the others followed me. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
I was in the ministry for some time. All my family is immersed in a black church in Memphis. — Merle Dandridge Copy Share Image
When I talk about music in Memphis, it's a place you can go if you are a beginning artist or anywhere in… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
The man on the radio says Elvis Presley's died. We drove to Memphis, the sky was hard and black. — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I used to play - when I first started trying to be professional, I disk jockey from 1949 to 1955 in Memphis,… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I like to go back to Memphis, where I started it. I might sit in the hood for three days just putting… — Moneybagg Yo 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
When I went to Memphis and Mississippi and Nashville, I learnt the blues is a whole way of life. I don't really… — Gin Wigmore Copy Share Image
Throughout the '50s, tons of unknown locals came through Sun to record their demos. Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis… — Shawn Amos 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
Museums do not share their collections with other museums unless they get something in exchange. The Metropolitan will deal with the Louvre,… — Eli Broad 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 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
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
Before 'Memphis,' I had never considered working on a musical. But when Joe DiPietro sent me the script, I heard the entire… — David Bryan Copy Share Image
My own experience with trains dates to long-ago childhood trips with my family in Mississippi to see my grandmother off at the… — Alan Huffman Copy Share Image
It's easy to forget about the Memphis Grizzlies because, well, they play in Memphis. — Sean Evans 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
Memphis is in a very lucky position on the map. Everything just gravitated to Memphis for years. — Steve Cropper Copy Share Image
Memphis was almost like going to California. Beale Street was the black man's street. — Muddy Waters Copy Share Image
Most guys my age have girlfriends and drinking buddies on their speed dial. Me, I have the Memphis CDC. — Mira Grant Copy Share Image
“I was exactly where I was supposed to be and so were Brennan and Memphis. Now I just needed them to see… — Sloane Kennedy Copy Share Image
I bought my first electric guitar when I moved to Memphis; a Gibson with a DeArmond pickup which I used with a… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
When you come to Memphis you get the family vibe. All of my partners, friends, they're from my neighborhood. — Young Dolph Copy Share Image
I grew up in Memphis, Tennessee. Big time blues and music city. It's always been in my bloodline. — Lou Williams Copy Share Image
I taught myself off records, Memphis Slim, them old piano players, then added to it. Yeah, hard and loud, beat it to… — Pinetop Perkins 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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 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/quotes/i/ad8/steve-young-2710_bluegrass_i-was-always-drawn-to-the-roots-music-bl_1880523.jpg)
