Carolina Quote by Earl Scruggs

I kind of have found my identity through the music, through the roots music of North Carolina, and kind of realized that that's my…

— Rhiannon Giddens

In my household growing up in Fayetteville, N.C., music was the great communicator between my parents and me.

— Brian Tyree Henry

I grew up in South Carolina. A lot of what I remember back in the day is AM radio. When I was a kid,…

— Darius Rucker

I grew up in the country surrounded by music.

— Martina McBride

My music was a mixture of everything New Orleans.

— Fats Domino

I come from a home that had a lot of music played in general.

— Tobias Forge

The roots of my music start from the ghetto.

— Ziggy Marley

I grew up in the backyard of music from all angles.

— Quincy Brown

I was raised hearing music everywhere I went.

— A Boogie wit da Hoodie

In the middle of Mississippi, so many kinds of music came, but it was Nashville and country music that pulled my heart.

— Marty Stuart

I am fascinated by the places that music comes from, like fife-and-drum blues from southern Mississippi or Cajun music out of Lafayette, Louisiana, shape-note…

— Robbie Robertson

I'm a North Carolina native. Grew up in North Carolina.

— Rhiannon Giddens