quotes about Memphis
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God chose Memphis as the place that I will continue my career.
-- Allen Iverson -
I got arrested once on stage in Memphis for looking too much like Liza Minnelli.
-- David JohansenSource : "Sex, Drugs, and Drag". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.vanityfair.com. March 3, 2011.
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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 -
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 -
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Growing up in Memphis, I have always admired St. Jude's for the magnificent work they do.
-- Ginnifer Goodwin -
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 -
I hitchhiked, took trucks 'n' trains - anything that would pick me up. I stopped in Memphis for about six months and they found me and come got me. Stayed about a month an' split again.
-- John Lee Hooker -
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 -
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No such thing as a hard woman, Memphis,just soft men. With that, I turned, and the others followed me.
-- Laurell K. Hamilton -
Memphis found his smile. 'You know me, sir. I don't wear worry.
-- Libba Bray -
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 -
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 PresleySource : "A New Life, Album for Lisa Marie Presley". www.elle.com. April 25, 2012.
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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 CohnSource : Song: Walking In Memphis, Album: Marc Cohn
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Memphis are a big part of who I am, but it's still just a part
-- Matty Mullins -
It's been a pleasure to bring my talents to south beach now on to Memphis.
-- Paul Pierce -
I've got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
-- Paul Simon -
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She would go to Memphis and this was after our divorce. And I would send her to Memphis to be with him.
-- Priscilla Presley -
Memphis is in a very lucky position on the map. Everything just gravitated to Memphis for years.
-- Steve Cropper -
Most studios in Memphis had a house set of drums; the drummers just brought their own sticks.
-- Steve Cropper