#kansas

'Hound Dog' took like twelve minutes. That's not a complicated piece of work. But the rhyme scheme was difficult. Also the metric structure of the music was not easy. 'Kansas City' was maybe eight minutes, if that. Writing the early blues was spontaneous. You can hear the energy in the work. ↗

— Jerry Leiber

#blues #city #complicated #difficult #dog

In Arkansas alone, approximately three quarters of a million people are at risk of going hungry, and one in four children does not get enough to eat, so my goal is to bring awareness to this tragic issue. ↗

— Blanche Lincoln

#approximately #arkansas #awareness #bring #children

The wizard [of Oz] says look inside yourself and find self. God says look inside yourself and find [the Holy Spirit]. The first will get you to Kansas. The latter will get you to heaven. Take your pick. ↗

— Max Lucado

#heaven #holy-spirit #kansas #wizard-of-oz #love

I guess it kind of stemmed from my father. He was a union guy working for the meat plant down in Kansas City. He was a union guy, and I guess it was just in my blood. ↗

— David Cone

#city #down #father #guess #guy

I met Bill Clinton in 1977 while I was working as a news reporter for KARK-TV in Little Rock, Arkansas. Shortly after we met, we began a sexual relationship that lasted for twelve years. ↗

— Gennifer Flowers

#arkansas #began #bill #bill clinton #clinton

Do you realize that if we could increase just by 50 percent the number of adults who have a college degree, it would add $5 billion to the economy and it would result in a net income to the state of Arkansas of $340 million a year? ↗

— Mike Huckabee

#arkansas #billion #college #college degree #could

My family was a Christian family. But I had to get to Kansas to play the blues. ↗

— Jay McShann

#christian #family #get #had #i

I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young. ↗

— Pat Metheny

#best #city #i #kansas #kansas city

People have said to me 'I hope you won't let happen in Washington what is happening in Kansas.' ↗

— Dennis Moore

#happening #hope #i #kansas #me

A few hours' ride brought us to the banks of the river Kansas. ↗