Big Quote by Lou Williams

I sang in church growing up. Memphis is the blues capital of the world, we like to say.

— Justin Timberlake

When I went to Memphis and Mississippi and Nashville, I learnt the blues is a whole way of life. I don't really have the…

— Gin Wigmore

Memphis is a great town, man. There's a great musical community here. I'm trying to fit in.

— Charles Moore

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

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 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

I was in Nashville and I was having just the most amazing time there, discovering who I was as an artist because that is…

— Lisa Origliasso

I love Nashville because it molded me. The eclectic-ness of this city made it where I'm able to mix rap with country music and…

— Jelly Roll

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

— Mike Conley Jr

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 lived 90 miles South of Nashville when I was broadcasting on a radio station in Huntsville, Alabama, early in my career, and I…

— Bill Hagerty

In my neighborhood, it was all jazz for a while. Then we grew up into R&B and soul.

— Don Cornelius