In 2007, I moved back to Nashville—my college town—because, when it comes to creative energy, nowhere compares to Music City. Creative ideas are our currency. Showing up with a song lyric in your head is more important than having a dollar in your pocket. From Wilma Rudolph, who became an Olympic track-and-field medalist, to Elvis Presley, who recorded “It’s Now or Never” in RCA Studio B, Nashville has always called to mavericks and iconoclasts. Click for PDF