#memphis

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

— Steve Cropper

#drummers #drums #had #house #just

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

#charleston #first #first thing #hospital #i

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

— David Johansen

#got #i #like #liza #looking

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

I spent a few years here in Memphis, in the late '70s and early '80s, where I was studying a lot of country blues players and their styles. So it seems like every record I'll do, I will appropriate these blues styles that I remember. ↗

— Alex Chilton

#blues #country #early #every #few

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

#another #another time #beginning #denver #different

I used to go down every year for the remembrance of Elvis' birthday. Memphis State College invited me to sit in the auditorium and speak to the people for one of those Elvis days. ↗

— Otis Blackwell

#birthday #college #days #down #elvis

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