1.
Mississippi begins in a lobby of a Memphis, Tennessee hotel and extends south to the Gulf of Mexico
William Faulkner
2.
Memphis are a big part of who I am, but it's still just a part
Matty Mullins
4.
My parents were working in a hospital in Memphis. But I didn't live there for any length of time that I remember. The first thing I remember is the town in Mississippi that I live in now, Charleston.
Morgan Freeman
5.
She would go to Memphis and this was after our divorce. And I would send her to Memphis to be with him.
Priscilla Presley
6.
Most studios in Memphis had a house set of drums; the drummers just brought their own sticks.
Steve Cropper
7.
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
8.
Anytime I was in Memphis with my dad and at the house, I was happy. That was, like, a given. It was what I lived for. And I still feel the same excitement and warmth.
Lisa Marie Presley
9.
It's been a pleasure to bring my talents to south beach now on to Memphis.
Paul Pierce
10.
Museums do not share their collections with other museums unless they get something in exchange. The Metropolitan will deal with the Louvre, but will they send their stuff to Memphis? No.
Eli Broad
11.
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
12.
Growing up in Memphis, I have always admired St. Jude's for the magnificent work they do.
Ginnifer Goodwin
13.
I have some that I have become a well-known-even infamous-client of, mostly in Memphis. But a great deal of that is legend and doesn't have anything to do with truth.
William Eggleston
14.
Because I was single, there was a chance I was a homosexual. Because I went to Syracuse, wherever that was, then I was probably a Communist. Or worse, a Liberal. Because I was from Memphis, I was a subversive intent on embarrassing Ford County.
John Grisham
15.
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
16.
I love the South. Although I grew up primarily in Memphis, my family moved around a ton when I was a kid. I guess I never stayed in one place long enough to pick up the accent, but I definitely identify as a Southerner.
Chris Hardwick
17.
I've got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
Paul Simon
18.
Memphis found his smile. 'You know me, sir. I don't wear worry.
Libba Bray
19.
God chose Memphis as the place that I will continue my career.
Allen Iverson
20.
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
21.
No such thing as a hard woman, Memphis,just soft men. With that, I turned, and the others followed me.
Laurell K. Hamilton
22.
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
23.
Memphis held onto me until I was far enough along in my art and then it let me go.
Valerie June
24.
I got arrested once on stage in Memphis for looking too much like Liza Minnelli.
David Johansen
25.
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