Memphis Quotes - Page 4

• If someone had said to me ten years ago "Yo, we have this role of this pimp who wants to be a rapper, he lives in Memphis", I'd be like, "Really?" But then when you read it and you see it, you say "That's a great role."

  Morris Chestnut

  Rapper, Years, Pimp

  "Morris Chestnut On When the Bough Breaks & Executive Producing". Interview with Screen Rant, screenrant.com. August 12, 2016.

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• 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

  Texas, Differences, Southern

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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

  Muddy Waters

  Men, California, Black

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• 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

  Writing, Long, Bars

  "Bryan Hayes To Play At Sweet T Market". Interview With Linley Stringer, maroonweekly.com. December 2, 2015.

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• 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

  Player, Piano, Pieces

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• I try to think about Elvis, Memphis, Oprah in the afternoon.

  Patty Loveless

  Thinking, Trying, Afternoon

  Song: I Try To Think About Elvis, Album: When Fallen Angels Fly

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• ... so much of what we do now started in 1954 at Sun Records in Memphis Tennessee ... those guys were inventing that stuff (Rock & Roll) ... you can really tell on some tracks ... they were actually afraid at times of what they were playing. But Rock & Roll definitely didn't come before that time; it started right there

  Brian Setzer

  Music, Rocks, Track

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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

  Art, Enough, Let Me Go

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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