Jared Cooper: "I have a lot of clothes that are almost identical. Not to fool people, though; I could really care less."

Zoe Ruth Erwin: "My parents were hippies, so I’ve always been drawn to vintage stuff, not to sound predictable. I always shopped at Goodwill and Salvation Army, then discovered the awesomeness of AMVETS when I moved here. I am drawn ...

Joe Graziano: "I wasn’t always this stylish, though. In high school I was a complete misfit. I didn’t care about fitting in at all and I didn’t talk to anyone. I just wore jeans and band T-shirts, but realized later ...

Kelley O’Brien: "I was super-awkward in high school. I was loud and assertive. I didn’t have many friends because I was too busy swimming. Looking back, I was so homely. I only wore jeans, sweats, and swim clothes. I was ...

Matt Rankin: "I love the thriving art scene here, and you always have a great selection of music playing on any given night. We have a decent amount of restaurants, too. I appreciate that the city gives us plenty of ...

Whitney Scott: "I don’t think I have one certain style. It’s whatever I feel like that day, that’s what you’re going to get. My mood definitely tells you a story—how I’m dressed tells you how I feel."

"Picking a band name is so hard. The name Battlehooch kept coming up, rolling through our stream of consciousness. We chose it because it’s a good, unique name that doesn’t sound like a typical indie-rock band, and people like to ...

Zeus: Wherever I go, things call to me. It can be a unicorn, a lamp—it’s not about the looks of it but how I feel and how the spirit feels in it. Flesh passes away. Spirit is eternal.

Jennifer Zimmerman: I am a big supporter of layering, skinny jeans, tights, and bright colors. I do not like those long furry vests, leather shorts, and guys going out and all of them wearing the exact same thing. That’s creepy ...

Whitney Adkins: I moved here in 1999 and it took me a really long time to like Knoxville. The first seven years I was plotting my escape. I was always running into people I knew and I didn’t really want ...

Taylor Aidibi-Dotson: My parents are both very artistic, so I think it derived from them. My father toured with a bunch of bands in the ’70s, and my mother was a hippie. My mother made most of my clothes, although ...

Graham McCorkle tells Kate Furst about learning to play the drums, wanting to dress like Inspector Gadget, and looking for things to do on weeknights.

Meg Thomas tells Kate Furst about being raised on the Kinks and the Who and starting her own vintage store when she was 15.

Larry Crowell tells Kate Furst about how he got to Knoxville, how he became the beer hat guy, and how Earth is the Gary, Indiana, of the Universe.

NIcely tells Kate Hurst about growing up on a farm, learning poetry from Joni Mitchell, and how she got her rhythm back.