Ryman Quotes

I call this my church house trilogy. Souls` Chapel really was music from the Mississippi Delta, which to me is a church within itself. The Delta is the church of American Roots music. The Badlands is a cathedral without a top on it. And the Ryman has been called the Mother Church of Country Music, but to me it`s the Mother Church of American Music. If you can think it up, it`s been done there. In my mind, this is kind of a spiritual odyssey as much as anything else, and I had the settings of three churches to make it in.

The whole year has been really good. The team is relatively young, and I have a really good freshman in Quinton Ryman. He`s really charismatic, a very good kid and one of the hardest workers on the team. The whole coaching staff is pleased with him.