Hank Williams Jr. Quotes

Yes, I'm a real southern boy.

Elvis was the only man from Northeast Mississippi who could shake his hips and still be loved by rednecks, cops, and hippies.

It's the South that maintains the idea that they're different, which is interesting because nobody else really cares.

Elvis Presley's death deprives our country of a part of itself. He was unique, irreplaceable. More than twenty years ago, he burst upon the scene with an impact that was unprecedented and will probably never be equaled. His music and his personality, fusing the styles of white country and black rhythm and blues, permanently changed the face of American popular culture. His following was immense. And he was a symbol to people the world over of the vitality, rebelliousness and good humor of this country.

Ask anyone. If it hadn't been for Elvis, I don't know where popular music would be. He was the one that started it all off, and he was definitely the start of it for me.

Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn't do more.

The beautiful, passionate, ruined South, the land of magnolias and music, of roses and romance . . . living on the memory of crushing defeats

Elvis Presley is the main founding father of rock music. He was an unheralded genius behind a new music that changed western civilization for all time.

When you are culture, you're forever young, like Snoop. When you're on that level, it's just contributing to the gangsta.

In most red states, country music is a major way of life.

I certainly think that Southerners are tough, and I take pride in that.

We know what the Dixie flag represents and its heritage; the Civil War was fought over States rights.

For one, the 'countryness' is pretty much in my blood. I'm from Georgia, down south. That voice just lives in me.

I'm too Southern.

The people in southern Georgia are tough.

Southern man better keep your head, don't forget what your good book says.

I remember Elvis as a young man hanging around the Sun Studios. Even then, I knew this kid had a tremendous talent. He was a dynamic young boy. His phraseology, his way of looking at a song, was as unique as Sinatra's. I was a tremendous fan, and had Elvis lived, there would have been no end to his inventiveness.

It was like Elvis came along and whispered some dream in everybody's ear

The South has more of a disproportionate amount of irony on T-shirts than any other region in the country.

I'm a big fan of the young 1950s Elvis when he would just go onstage and control the whole environment.

That's my idol, Elvis Presley. If you went to my house, you'd see pictures all over of Elvis. He's just the greatest entertainer that ever lived. And I think it's because he had such presence. When Elvis walked into a room, Elvis Presley was in the f***ing room. I don't give a f*** who was in the room with him, Bogart, Marilyn Monroe.

I learned music listening to Elvis' records. His measurable effect on culture and music was even greater in England than in the States.

Im not a redneck, Im from Texas.

I love the South. Although I grew up primarily in Memphis, my family moved around a ton when I was a kid. I guess I never stayed in one place long enough to pick up the accent, but I definitely identify as a Southerner.

As a Southerner I would have to say that one of the main importances of the War is that Southerners have a sense of defeat which none of the rest of the country has.