#memphis

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

— Elvis Presley

#driving #got #high #high school #i

I'll stay in Memphis. ↗

— Elvis Presley

#memphis #stay

We chose thirteen because that is the age that Elvis left to go to Memphis. ↗

— Henry Dodge

#because #chose #elvis #go #left

I met the Colonel when Elvis was recording some song I'd written for one of his movies. Elvis was just having fun with the gang and all the Memphis boys and Colonel Parker was sitting over here in like a theater seat. ↗

— Mac Davis

#elvis #fun #gang #having #having fun

The support this city and our fans have shown the Grizzlies made my decision to stay in Memphis an easy one. Memphis deserves a championship team, and I am committed to that. ↗

— Jerry West

#championship #championship team #city #committed #decision

The city of Memphis has demonstrated that neither character nor standing avails the Negro if he dares to protect himself against the white man or become his rival. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#avails #become #character #city #dares

Judging from what looks like the popularity of this classic wrestling show is that the people like what they have grown to know and love here in Memphis. ↗

— Jerry Lawler

#grown #here #judging #know #like

That was the big thing when I was growing up, singing on the radio. The extent of my dream was to sing on the radio station in Memphis. Even when I got out of the Air Force in 1954, I came right back to Memphis and started knocking on doors at the radio station. ↗

— Johnny Cash

#air force #back #big #big thing #came

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

— Steve Cropper

#gravitated #just #lucky #map #memphis

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

— Justin Timberlake

#continue #day #early #inspiration #many