Freedom Quote by John Lewis

When I first moved to New York, I was still returning to Tennessee every few months to perform.

— Valerie June

Once I realized that I'm going to do the country-rock thing, I had to go to Nashville. I literally just made the decision to…

— Jimmie Allen

I love Nashville, and I love the South, but on a professional level, I had started feeling smothered by the Nashville way of doing…

— Deana Carter

I drove to Nashville a few times, met with some people and hung out, went to the Opry, and that kind of stuff. I…

— Luke Combs

Since I was a kid I just wanted to be in Nashville.

— Keith Urban

I guess I never had a better experience than working on The Long Riders, and at the same time, I never had a harder…

— Walter Hill

I rode on a float in one of the parades in Mississippi. It's an experience.

— Elliott Smith

To all my people back in Nashville who have been there from the start, you put your faith in me. You were there for…

— Sam Hunt

I was writing and playing in California for 11 years before I moved to Nashville.

— Brett Young

When I came to Nashville, I was sort of experimenting with a new identity, experimenting with the country world and country writers. I realized…

— Chris Carmack

Over the years I've had more and more of an association with Nashville.

— Don McLean

I was pretty gung-ho about music and pursuing that and figuring that whole thing out, so I was wide-eyed and ready to go when…

— Sam Hunt