This sculpture's a pretty classic American story. A guy is working on a ranch, or maybe down in the oil patch. He's been playing in dives and honkytonks for the tip jar. He's a pretty good picker, you know. He's got that kind of whiskey voice the women like and he's written some tunes people remember and always ask him for. And one day somebody says, 'You ought to go on down to Austin." And he thinks, Well, what the hell?' So he heads out. Catches a bus or bums a ride. Maybe hitchhikes. And he ends up standing at the corner of Sixth Street - which is where all the clubs and studios are - with nothing but his old guitar and a couple bucks in his pocket. He's there because you can become famous in Austin. You think about the guys whose names we all know, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Buddy Holly, Stevie Ray Vaughan ... They all played Austin. So he's come down to take his shot, too. And right then, right there, man, anything is possible.
- GIB SINGLETON