Athens Quote by Corey Smith

When we first started, we were a band from Athens and that was so off the map.

— Michael Stipe

The Philadelphia/New York world of the music business is a tough place to be.

— Daryl Hall

In cities like New York and Austin, there's much more of a social context for music than in other places.

— John Cale

The Austin music scene is the reason why so many of them moved here.

— Bob Livingston

Nashville has a great creative atmosphere. It's a small, close-knit music community that you can't find anywhere else.

— Kim Carnes

These people shred. That's what I was saying about Nashville-you can go to an open mic night at the Holiday Inn and probably see…

— Lzzy Hale

People are people, and I get a bit annoyed that the music business only focuses in on the big metropolises. I find that people…

— Eddi Reader

Atlanta is just different. It's the music city.

— Lil Durk

There's so much music in Austin, and it's all so different.

— Gary Clark, Jr

When you do music concerts at Taj Mahal and the Acropolis, you have to be careful about your performance being appropriate with the place…

— Yanni

When I talk about music in Memphis, it's a place you can go if you are a beginning artist or anywhere in your career,…

— Valerie June

A place like Sound City, which was just a big, beautiful room where you would hit record and capture the sound of the performer…

— Dave Grohl