"I've had a real lucky life. I've got a good family and lots of good friends here. (...) It seems like a real small town - everybody's connected."- Jim James, talking about Louisville
(The Age interview, March 2004)
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, it's also the band's hometown.
"Where you're from determines how fast you move, how you respond to things and how you want to get things done. Being from Louisville has made us a lot calmer and a lot more patient, but also, we have to work a lot harder, because not many opportunities in the music business happen here. You have to think outside the norm, but it also has to mean a lot more to you. You have to make it your whole life's mission."- Jim James
(Billboard interview, September 2003)
The thing I love about Louisville is that it is its own thing. I don’t consider it the South. If you live in New York City, you probably consider it the South, and if you live in Alabama you consider Louisville a very Northern place. It is right in the middle, which I really identify with. It is a most wondrous place, full of ripe ghosts.- Jim James
(A.V. Club interview, May 2011)
