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Memphis Quotes & Sayings

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Memphis held onto me until I was far enough along in my art and then it let me go. — Valerie June

Most guys my age have girlfriends and drinking buddies on their speed dial. Me, I have the Memphis CDC. — Mira Grant

I rap about Memphis and what a dangerous spot that is. — Juicy J

Big train from Memphis, now it's gone gone gone, gone gone gone. Like no one before, he let out a roar, and I just had to tag along. — John Fogerty

I love Memphis. They've been good to me, the town and everything else. And quite frankly, I love the NBA and love being involved in it. — Michael Heisley

I get called 'Memphis Eve,' but my first name is Eve. I know Memphis is in there somewhere, but on my passport I'm 'Eve Sunny Day Hewson.' — Eve Hewson

When he's healthy, Zach Randolph for the Memphis Grizzlies has always been somebody that has always been very tough to play against. — Kevin Love

A friend of mine took me to Memphis advised me that I should get in the musicians' union. He gave me a set of drums and said, Stay on the job, son. — Levon Helm

Before too long I was playing badly out in some bars around Memphis, but as soon as I learned a few chords I started writing my own stuff. — Bryan Hayes

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

The many sounds of Memphis shaped my early musical career and continue to be an inspiration to this day. — Justin Timberlake

Man, that record came out and was real big in Memphis. They started playing it, and it got real big. Don't know why-the lyrics had no meaning. — Elvis Presley

Mississippi begins in the lobby of a Memphis, Tennessee, hotel and extends south to the Gulf of Mexico. — William Faulkner

The blues ain't nothin' but a botheration on your mind. — Memphis Slim

When I talk about music in Memphis, it's a place you can go if you are a beginning artist or anywhere in your career, and you can incubate. — Valerie June

But it never touched me. Not until Memphis. — Mira Grant

I got arrested once on stage in Memphis for looking too much like Liza Minnelli. — David Johansen

I bought my first electric guitar when I moved to Memphis; a Gibson with a DeArmond pickup which I used with a small Gibson amplifier. — B.B. King

God chose Memphis as the place that I will continue my career. — Allen Iverson

Memphis," I said softly and he opened his eyes to look at me. "You're safe," I whispered. Tears — Sloane Kennedy

I have four chickens. I have four laying hens. And I have 50 fruit trees. I make apricot and plum jam every summer. I brought Memphis to Malibu. — Linda Thompson

Besides, even at night, Memphis is going to be hotter than a billy goat's ass in a pepper patch. — Annie England Noblin

I have a tattoo that I got in Memphis, and another I got in Dayton. — Colin Donnell

Memphis was almost like going to California. Beale Street was the black man's street. — Muddy Waters

God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis. — George Jones

I accepted an offer to do a concert for the reopening of the Mall of Memphis. — Johnny Rivers

I taught myself off records, Memphis Slim, them old piano players, then added to it. Yeah, hard and loud, beat it to pieces. — Pinetop Perkins

She would go to Memphis and this was after our divorce. And I would send her to Memphis to be with him. — Priscilla Presley

What's the Matter with the Mill? — Memphis Minnie

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

Growing up in Memphis, I have always admired St. Jude's for the magnificent work they do. — Ginnifer Goodwin

Memphis are a big part of who I am, but it's still just a part — Matty Mullins

The beginning of the shows are different. One time we'll say 'Hello, Denver'. Another time we'll say 'Hello, Memphis'. It's always different. — Lance Bass

It's been a pleasure to bring my talents to south beach now on to Memphis. — Paul Pierce

Walking in Memphis, I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale. Walking in Memphis, but do I really feel the way I feel? — Marc Cohn

When Lonnie Mack came out with the guitar instrumental "Memphis" I thought, Oh God, finally somebody we guitar players can relate to ! — Richard Betts

Most studios in Memphis had a house set of drums; the drummers just brought their own sticks. — Steve Cropper

Memphis and I both looked at Olaf, as if he'd spoken in tongues. I think neither of us had expected anything useful from the corpse fondling. Damn. — Laurell K. Hamilton

Life don't come to you, Memphis. You gotta take it. We have to take it. Because ain't nobody handing it to us. — Libba Bray

Memphis found his smile. 'You know me, sir. I don't wear worry. — Libba Bray

Memphis is in a very lucky position on the map. Everything just gravitated to Memphis for years. — Steve Cropper

Thus the husband is buried at Memphis and the wife in Koptos, yet the Ka of the wife goes to live in her husband's tomb — H. Rider Haggard

The man on the radio says Elvis Presley's died. We drove to Memphis, the sky was hard and black. — Bruce Springsteen

I love Motown, but I've obviously always been more of a Memphis soul fan. If it's Stax or Motown, I go Stax. — Justin Townes Earle

I try to think about Elvis, Memphis, Oprah in the afternoon. — Patty Loveless

No such thing as a hard woman, Memphis,just soft men. With that, I turned, and the others followed me. — Laurell K. Hamilton

What would we say if the Chinese sent a gunboat with their marines up the Mississippi River claiming they were protecting their laundries in Memphis? — Will Rogers

I've got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee. — Paul Simon

Life is an ear of buttered corn waiting to get stuck in your teeth. — Truant D. Memphis

When I got outta High School I was driving a truck. I was just a poor boy from Memphis, Memphis. — Elvis Presley

I have opinions about the differences between Memphis barbecue and Texas barbecue. Put me in the kitchen and you'll see how Southern I can be. — Chris Hardwick