“Miles Davis, his parents migrated from Arkansas to Illinois, where he had the luxury of being able to practice for hours upon hours. He never would have been able to do that in the cotton country of Arkansas.” Has BeensCountryAbleParentHoursPracticeMilesLuxuryCottonIllinoisArkansas Author:Isabel Wilkerson
“I used to listen to the radio, and when I was about 18 years old, B.B. King was a disc jockey and he had a radio program, 15 minutes a day, over in West Memphis, Arkansas and he would play the blues.” YearsPlayUsedMinutesKingsProgramWestRadioArkansasDiscsMemphisJockeys Author:Koko Taylor
“The Clinton Administration has turned out to be a boon. I knew that he would be wonderful, I just knew it from the beginning. From Arkansas? Shoot.” Would BeWonderfulClintonAdministrationBoonArkansas Author:Pat Paulsen
“My mother was a star-struck girl from a little town in Arkansas who had gone to finishing school in New York, and whose mother had given her anything she ever wanted.” LittlesWantedSchoolMotherGirlGivenStarsGoneNew YorkTownsFinishingArkansasLittle TownsFinishing School Author:George Hamilton
“I met Bill Clinton in 1977 while I was working as a news reporter for KARK-TV in Little Rock, Arkansas. Shortly after we met, we began a sexual relationship that lasted for twelve years.” YearsLittlesRelationshipRocksTvsMetsNewsBillsClintonTwelveReportersArkansasLittle Rock Author:Gennifer Flowers
“People used to ask me: 'Well, was it the power that attracted you to Bill Clinton?' And I said, well, how much power do you think the attorney general of Arkansas has? Of course not. It wasn't that for me. I just a thought he was wonderful in general.” PeopleThinkingWellsSaidUsedCoursesAsksWonderfulBillsClintonAsk MeAttorneyArkansasJust A Thought Author:Gennifer Flowers
“I grew up in trailer houses in New Mexico, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma.” HouseGrewGrew UpTexasMexicoTrailersOklahomaArkansasNew Mexico Author:Ronnie Dunn