Career Quote by E-40

I grew up on a farm in eastern Tennessee with a very southern lifestyle, so my roots are super country and southern, but my…

— Kelsea Ballerini

I'm still true to my Southern roots.

— Randy Jackson

I'm from the South and I listen to country music. I've listened to a little rap here and there.

— Chipper Jones

I'm not from the South, but I love country music. And country music is really big in the Midwest. Connie Smith came from Ohio.…

— Margo Price

Mid-South is what started my whole career.

— Ted DiBiase Sr

Anything to do with the South resonates with me, because I'm Southern.

— Mary Steenburgen

I'm from Florida, and my family somehow is really into country music. We're all southern in a way: My grandpa hunts, my uncle's, like,…

— Cassadee Pope

I'm sort of a Southerner because those are my roots, but my parents are from Iowa.

— Geneva Carr

I didn't grow up on country and blues, I was just a kid listening to VH1 and then I realized I needed to expand…

— Julien Baker

Oh man, I love what the South brings as far as the soul, and I really have noticed from even the early days of…

— Common

I love the South. Although I grew up primarily in Memphis, my family moved around a ton when I was a kid. I guess…

— Chris Hardwick

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

— Kelsea Ballerini