Quote by Bob Lee Swagger

I love Tennessee. I have a heart for Tennessee.

— Bill Hagerty

“I came to the state twenty years ago from the South, the gothic South. I’ve heard it called that, haven’t you, Mister Morgan? ‘Thought…

— Jackson Burnett

I have a lot of love for Tennessee.

— Derrick Henry

When I was governor, I was looking for a way to unify our state. I realized music is about the only thing that unifies…

— Lamar Alexander

Tennessee is a program that I thought had a lot of tradition. A program that I thought stood for something.

— Booger McFarland

“What the hell am I doing in Nashville? What – you want me to shoot Minnie Pearl? (Steele)”

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

“Nashville has always been competitive. My granddaddy called it the Hillbilly Babylon.”

— Hunter S. Jones

The greatest thing about Nashville is that it's welcoming.

— David Berman

“Knowing it was just a matter of time before they’d be out on their own, in Knoxville at college, away from the prying eyes…

— J.T. Ellison

I think, being from east Tennessee, you're kinda born with a little lonesome in your soul, in your blood. You know you've got that…

— Ashley Monroe

“The Southern heart is too impulsive; Southern hospitality is too lavish with the stranger. - "The Spirit of Tennessee Journalism”

— Mark Twain

“Mississippi begins in the lobby of a Memphis, Tennessee, hotel and extends south to the Gulf of Mexico.”

— William Faulkner