Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame, located in Clinton, Mississippi, honors Mississippi's famous musicians. It is a "Who's Who" of the blues, rock and roll, and jazz from their beginnings to present day.
Famous quotes containing the words mississippi, musicians, hall and/or fame:
“Where is the Mississippi panorama
And the girl who played the piano?
Where are you, Walt?
The Open Road goes to the used-car lot.”
—Louis Simpson (b. 1923)
“Music is of two kinds: one petty, poor, second-rate, never varying, its base the hundred or so phrasings which all musicians understand, a babbling which is more or less pleasant, the life that most composers live.”
—HonorĂ© De Balzac (17991850)
“Generation on generation, your neck rubbed the windowsill
of the stall, smoothing the wood as the sea smooths glass.”
—Donald Hall (b. 1928)
“The boys think they can all be athletes, and the girls think they can all be singers. Thats the way to fame and success. ...as a group blacks must give up their illusions.”
—Kristin Hunter (b. 1931)