I played Jonathan Livingston Seagull in a musical version of 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' in Austin, TX. It was pretty special.

- Lauren Worsham

Me being able to beat up Austin Powers? I mean, how great can that be?

- Verne Troyer

I just take it one day at a time. Austin Powers has given me a lot of opportunities as far as my career.

- Verne Troyer

I would love to do something like Austin Powers to show off my comic timing.

- Uma Thurman

I've noticed that girls between like 20 and 30 seem to know 'Can't Hardly Wait.' I got the goth kids who know 'Buffy.' I got this wide spectrum of people who range from like 8 to 13 who seem to know 'Scooby-Doo.' Then I get the international people who seem to know 'Austin Powers' and 'The Italian Job.'

- Seth Green

People don't live in Austin to work, they work to live there.

- Robert Rodriguez

I always love to come to Austin.

- R. Lee Ermey

I remember, when I saw the first 'Austin Powers' movie, I was blown away by how fun and original it was.

- Mike Scully

In the Steven F. Austin Colony, which was the first colony, Texans first established a provisional government in 1835 with the intention of writing a declaration of independence soon after.

- Michael McCaul

Our creative communities in Nashville, in L.A. and New York, and in Austin, those are communities you want to see stay viable.

- Marsha Blackburn

I grew up just outside of Austin, and my upbringing was fairly rural.

- Amber Heard

For 'Way Down Low', I was particularly inspired by a breakup I was going through and a transition I was making from Austin to New York.

- Kat Edmonson

What did I know about lawyering? I just thought it was another way to stay in Austin for another three years.

- Joe Jamail

I've worn some particularly baggy jeans and cowboys boot combinations after coming back from Austin, Texas. This was ill-advised.

- Jamie Cullum

There's so much music in Austin, and it's all so different.

- Gary Clark, Jr.

Ever since Willie Nelson brought rednecks into an alliance with hippies back in the psychedelic '70s, Austin has milked its quirky libertarian spirit for a worldwide bonanza of free publicity.

- Douglas Brinkley

The Austin music scene is the reason why so many of them moved here.

- Bob Livingston

I don't feel at home in New Orleans. I don't feel at home in Austin or L.A. And I just felt immediately at home in northern Australia.

- Amanda Palmer

The main thing in measuring integrity is someone's motive and intent, not how many records they sell. Our intent in Ministry was never to be big. We just wanted to make enough money to live and to buy a studio, which we have done in Austin.

- Al Jourgensen