Back Quote by Carlene Carter

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

— Tay Keith

Growing up in east Tennessee gave me my country roots, my twang, and a lot of my stories.

— Kelsea Ballerini

My dad's family was from Tennessee. I grew up in Lynchburg, Virginia, where we lived at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains. As…

— Connie Britton

I grew up in Chattanooga.

— Leslie Jordan

I went to college at University of Tennessee.

— Paula Pell

My parents migrated to Phoenix, AZ, in the '80s, and I watched them work tirelessly to provide for me and my siblings as they…

— Opal Tometi

I moved to L.A. when I was, like, 6 months old. I was born in Georgia 'cause my dad was going to college at…

— Stephen Dorff

When my dad retired, he moved to Georgia, but I stayed in California. I was in San Francisco: that's where I first went from…

— Zaytoven

Born and raised in St. Paul. I was a St. Paul Johnson Governor for the first quarter of my freshman year. Then I moved…

— Terrell Suggs

I was born and grew up in Fitzgerald, way down in south Georgia. It was a mill town and my family ran the cotton…

— Frances Mayes

My dad was in the Army, and we moved, I think, eight times before I was in the seventh grade. We landed in Tallahassee…

— Tony Hale

I'm from around Tennessee. I ran away when I was 12 years old and I ain't never looked back.

— Denzel Washington