Everyone has an opinion, and this monthly feature in the Downtowner Magazine shares the insight, wisdom, lessons, advice, humor, and from-the-heart stories told by the city's well-known and not-so-well-known personalities.

Myron Lowery Memphis City Council Chairman

Bill Cockroft 86-Year-Old 2009 National Senior Olympics Qualifier

Linn Sitler Memphis and Shelby County Film Commissioner

Greg Barton Double Olympic Gold Medal Kayaker

Frances Hooks The Rock of Benjamin Hooks

Knox Phillips Music Publisher, producer, and Memphis promoter

My Harrison FBI Special Agent in Charge, Memphis Field Office

Kallen Esperian Operatic Soprano

William Novick Founder and Medical Director of the International Children’s Heart Foundation & Professor of Surgery and International Child Health at the University of Tennessee

Debb Taylor Co-founder and Director of Midsouth Therapy Dogs and Friends, and Co-owner of BarkNBray Ranch — GoldenzRule Golden Retrievers

Rev. Birgitte "Pastor Bee" French Executive Director of FirstWorks and Pastor of Union Avenue United Methodist Church

Marilou Awiakta Internationally Acclaimed Native American Poet, Storyteller, Essayist

A C Wharton Jr. Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee

Josh Pastner Head Coach, University of Memphis Tigers Basketball

Rarecas Bonds Founder, Beale Street Flippers

Patt Kerr Tigrett Memphis Philanthropist and Chairmain/CEO/Designer, Pat Kerr Inc

Larry A. Godwin Director of Police Services for the City of Memphis

Di Anne Price Storytelling Piano Player

Janice M. Holder Chief Justice, Tennessee Supreme Court

George Hunt Visual Artist