Alabama Quote by Randy Owen

Our band doesn't really have a name.

— John Tesh

Don't forget, Stephen Stills and I had a band in Gainesville called the Continentals when we were 15. And, of course, you had Lynyrd…

— Don Felder

I named it that because more or less each person from the band used to play in other bands and when we left respective…

— Roy Wood

When we recorded 'Iowa,' we jammed, we went through the songs, we played as a band and we recorded as a band.

— Jim Root

I was raised in South Alabama in the woods, y'know? I'm country.

— Shelby Lynne

I stand for the Midwest. That's why the album's titled 'M.O.,' 'cause I'm still holding it down like that. My friends and family all…

— Nelly

We were bunched up with Southern bands, and there's nothing wrong with that at all. We just wanted to make it clear we weren't…

— Dusty Hill

Up north, you could find these radio stations with no name on the dials that played pre-rock 'n' roll things - country blues. We…

— Bob Dylan

We were so influenced not only by country music but by the rock bands of the '80s. Our focus was to bring in something…

— Jay DeMarcus

I lived in Alabama for a while during the dying days of the Continental Wrestling Federation. I lived in Montgomery and traveled all over…

— Mick Foley

We were not a band that typically would say, "Hello, Whatever Town!"

— Ian MacKaye

With the Gap Band coming from Oklahoma, other artists would tease us by calling us cowboys. We didn't grow up on a ranch, but…

— Charlie Wilson