Every Texan knows that the U.S. looks like this...
1. The stars at night are big and bright.
2. Clear eyes, full hearts.
3. Beyoncé
"Check On It," Beyoncé feat. Slim Thug
4. Breakfast tacos
5. Barton Springs
6. The most authentic country and folk music.
"Amarillo By Morning," George Strait
"Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain," Willie Nelson
"I Believe In You," Don Williams
"Feelin' Good Again," Robert Earl Keen
"For The Sake Of The Song," Townes Van Zandt
7. Basketball
8. Kolaches
9. Marfa
10. Dr Pepper
11. Whataburger
12. Austin City Limits
13. The State Fair of Texas
14. These uniforms
15. The Texas Ruby Red grapefruit
16. Wildflowers
17. Rock 'n' roll, then and now.
"Rave On," Buddy Holly
"Me and the Bean," Spoon.
"Legs," ZZ Top
"Remember Me As A Time Of Day," Explosions In The Sky
"Piece Of My Heart," Janis Joplin
18. Impressively bearded dudes are never in short supply.
19. Bats!
20. The Bush gals
21. Schlitterbahn
22. The prettiest ladies.
23. The handsomest dudes.
24. Buc-ee's
25. The beauty of the desert.
26. Paul Qui
27. The Menil Collection
28. Sweetened iced tea
29. Athletes who inspire
30. Space exploration
31. Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez
32. King of the Hill
33. Blues in Deep Ellum and beyond.
"Black Snake Moan," Blind Lemon Jefferson
"Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground," Blind Willie Johnson
"Sometimes I Have Heartache," Big Mama Thornton
34. SWAYZE
35. The best grocery store in the world x 3.
36. The Texas Renaissance Festival
37. Amazing movies made in Texas by Texas filmmakers.
38. Selena lives forever in Texas.
"Dreaming Of You," Selena
39. Pecan pralines.
40. The Houston hip-hop scene.
"This Is The Way We Ball," Lil' Flip
"Wanna Be A Baller," Lil' Troy
"One Day," UGK
"Ridin Dirty," Chamillionaire
"How Deep Is Your Love," Keith Sweat chopped and screwed by DJ Screw