Many cities make music, but no city breathes music quite like Memphis. The songs and sounds that come from here are uniquely American.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Country music is worldwide - it's not just Nashville and Texas.
In the days when regional music was very clearly defined and had a clear personality - Memphis, Detroit, Chicago, whatever - Philadelphia had a tradition that was very distinct and unique.
The thing I like about 'Nashville,' it just happens to be about musicians, and all the music is practical, meaning it's performed at a concert or during a rehearsal.
Nashville is wicked. It's like a proper music community, but it's also quintessentially American. You bump into people there with cowboy hats that spit in jars and call you 'boy.' I just love that.
New Orleans, more than many places I know, actually tangibly lives its culture. It's not just a residual of life; it's a part of life. Music is at every major milestone of our life: birth, marriage, death. It's our culture.
All I knew when I moved to Nashville was that I wanted to make music in whatever shape and form I could.
The many sounds of Memphis shaped my early musical career and continue to be an inspiration to this day.
People are people, and I get a bit annoyed that the music business only focuses in on the big metropolises. I find that people that don't live in big cities are just as likely to enjoy music as people that do live in big cities.
Memphis is the place where rock was born and Martin Luther King, Jr., was killed. It's full of contradictions, abject poverty, and riches that only music can provide.
Ooooh, I love Nashville! It seems like everywhere you walk, there's great music coming out of every wall.