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“I grew up in a one-traffic-light Mississippi town, a place of innocence and nostalgia that never re
“Memphis is a city based on contradictions. And great things have happened because of cult
“These venues provide a laboratory for growth. I’ve played some big gigs and a small gigs, but hones
“Sometimes they see things I don’t see, like in this book. . . where the children know something the
“We’ve never seen anything like this in our lifetime. It’s traumatizing. And some people have better
“I became very verklempt. It was such a wonder to play it and hear it again. It’s hard to describe.
“I think I’ve asked every person that I’ve met here. Where do you find your truth? What do you read?
“The Central Gardens Home & Garden Tour is an anticipated event every fall, we’ve been doing it
“History’s not stuffy. And it’s not as far away as you think it is. And either looking at the images
“Private wealth and public poverty . . . the notion is that while in America we’ve accumulated vast
“Somehow my performing created this safe place where they could talk and share their stories. . . an
“Livability has never been more important . . . at the very moment when city revenues are in decline
“Today we are going to be talking about housing, and what is really a set of crises as a result of t
“The first obvious one that will be affected for quite some time is office space. Employers and empl
“Oh, yes. This is everybody’s favorite question. And also, my favorite question to ask people as wel
“It becomes an equity issue. We can’t forget that for a very long time there was a large segment of
“. . . to the people who make a living playing music, it was shocking in a way that was different th
“That’s what some nonprofits are facing . . . if your mission and work doesn’t line up with direct s
“The presence of the Memphis College of Art just permeates the Memphis community now. And if you thi
“…Those places of strength, of meaning to a community – it’s how we approach picking a venue for the
