Chicago Quote by John Oates

Many cities make music, but no city breathes music quite like Memphis. The songs and sounds that come from here are uniquely American.

— Shawn Amos

We are serious about our music here in Philadelphia, and jazz has meant a lot to this city.

— Michael Nutter

I think I had the same notion most people have, which is it’s simply a town that percolates around country music. Though country-music history…

— Joy Williams

Music leaves such a big impression. I always wondered, 'Man, if I grew up in Nashville, would I be making Country records now?' I…

— Kaskade

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

— Marty Stuart

And to me, I had come out of Texas, and during that time was when I realized that a lot of people in Nashville,…

— Lee Ann Womack

The whole path of American music has been so much about the recognition of stylistic diversity, and the recognition of the importance of music…

— Michael Tilson Thomas

I was always drawn to the roots music, bluegrass, blues, early rock - Sun Records, Elvis [Presley]. And I still love that music to…

— Steve Young

Well, I was into music since I was a kid, ya know, back in Detroit. I say Detroit, but it was really a little…

— Kid Rock

The whole American pop culture started in Philadelphia with 'American Bandstand' and the music that came out of that city.

— Daryl Hall

I grew up in one of those households where, growing up in Detroit, you gravitate towards music and cars because we were the capital…

— Jalen Rose

I grew up in Southern California, so the whole concept of a local music history is still kinda novel to me.

— John Darnielle