Shahzia Sikander Quotes

In the United States, you can put on a cowboy hat and join the country-western neighborhood. If you're down below 14th Street in New York City, that's bohemian; that's left-wing.

Well, I'm a Texas boy, and we have denim in our blood.

All over the world, people want to know what kind of people Texans are, and I explain that Texans are America's ideal Americans.

I have horses, I drive a truck, and I wear cowboy boots. First I'm a Texan.

When The Byrds started country-rock, we had no idea there would be such a thing. We were just trying to honor the music. We started listening to country radio. We went to Nudie's and got cowboy clothes.

Stetsons are the ultimate in cowboy headwear.

When in Texas, do as the Texans do: Drive trucks, wear cowboy boots, and two-step!

I am constantly reminded that as Texans, we are exceptional people.

Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all else, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word.

First buy a cowboy hat and boots. Then you're on your way to being a Texan.

In Texas, we practically come out of the womb in jeans.

There is a special mystique to Texas. Texans represent many things to the uninitiated: We are bigger than life in our boots and Stetsons, rugged individualists whose two-steppin' has achieved world-wide acclaim, and we were the first to define hospitality.

A Texan outside of Texas is a foreigner.

A lot of my family going back were cowboys and barrel racers, and I'd say I'm 50 percent high fashion and 50 percent cowgirl.

When I was about six, I was kind of a cowboy. I'd dress up in boots, straps, hat and bandanna, and my dad would take us to the rodeo.

The stories in our music form a special viewpoint on the story of America in the 20th Century.

If you cut me I bleed Birmingham. Others would say it's being a woman, but coming from Birmingham is the single most important part of my identity. I'm not always sure I feel English or British, but I always feel like a Brummie.

I was the guy from the Jersey Shore, Springsteen country. We don't do yoga there. And we made fun of anybody who did.

The name of a district or a commissionerate should be what the country and the world identifies it with.

We are all proud to be British. But we also feel more local and regional allegiances.

People in Texas wear cowboy hats; they're good at keeping the sun off your neck and face.

I am Minnesotan.

I was like, 'I'm never gonna do country, I'm never gonna give in, you'll never see me wear a cowboy hat.'

I grew up in America - I was born and raised in Texas. I might look different, but at the same time, I'm pretty American.

You need to take pride in where you're from.