Family Quote by Dee Rees

I loved Nashville. I was amazed by the whole place.

— Shawn Mendes

I ran into Ku Klux Klan and the threat of hurricanes, and those two things made me decide not to build on the Alabama…

— Shelby Foote

We were segregated throughout the community, and it was pretty brutal, actually. It didn't appear to be, on the surface.People got along and we…

— Jeff Sessions

I grew up in an area that was the typical city that was a racially divided and economically segregated place. And it had a…

— Ed Kowalczyk

'Nashville' is a show that I personally truly loved, and to not have it back was a little bit of a heartbreak for me.

— Channing Dungey

When I came to Nashville, my personal life went to hell.

— Keith Whitley

I grew up in Memphis, Tennessee. Big time blues and music city. It's always been in my bloodline.

— Lou Williams

My grandfather had asked me many times whether I'd like to come to South Carolina with him. He wanted to introduce me to our…

— John Edgar Wideman

Charlottesville is a quiet town with friendly people, good schools, lots of churches, parks, and a bustling, growing community that more or less revolves…

— John Grisham

“It was 1970, and America was scarred by racial violence. Civil rights leaders had been gunned down in the streets, and communities across the…

— Julia Scheeres

The Mississippi of 1920 was an exceptionally dangerous place for Black people. But my grandfather deeply believed in helping create opportunities to African-Americans to…

— Mike Espy

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

— Mike Conley Jr