Out in L.A., things relax even further than they do in Chicago. There’s such a looseness to it, and there’s a potentially refreshing advantage to that. – Kurt Elling
New Yorkers know how to borrow wildly. You know, Louis Armstrong was not a New York musician. He went from New Orleans to Chicago to New York, and when he arrived here, he taught those New Yorkers. New York needs that infusion. – Margo Jefferson
I had a teacher who recommended I take improv classes in Chicago – I’m from Evanston, Illinois – so I did improv classes at Improv Olympic, and that kind of opened me up. – Lauren Lapkus
I joined the Army and was sent to the MIT radiation laboratory after a few months of introduction to electromagnetic wave theory in a special course, given for Army personnel at the University of Chicago. – Jack Steinberger
Chicago’s like Melbourne – there’s a city center, there’s public transport, and there’s more of a cultural scene. – Jesse Spencer
My mom actually had a band called Six Pack – even though there were seven of them – who went around Chicago performing popular songs. Her voice was like Gladys Knight mixed with Aretha Franklin. – R. Kelly
My big downfall is deep-dish pizza from Chicago. That is why I can’t go vegan – I can’t give up cheese. I can’t give up dairy. – Parvesh Cheena
Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have – Cincinnati sounds worse. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
We got into all the trouble you could ever imagine. We figured that if the Jones boys and all the gangsters ran Chicago, we had our own territory now. All the stores, all the crime, we were in charge of everything, my stepbrother and my brother. – Quincy Jones
When I first started writing, I wrote a book called ‘Bruiser,’ and it was pretty much set in Chicago. – Richard House
I grew up in Dolton, just south of Chicago, about a 20-minute drive from old Comiskey Park. – Richard Roeper
I have a friend who lives in the South Side of Chicago. I helped out at a church charity there where they try to give a bit of cohesion to a desperate area. Everyone was very welcoming. – Sara Paretsky
The decision came from the publisher. It certainly was cleared by Chicago. And then they come out with these fine sounding words about relation to readers and their obligation. It has nothing to do with that. – Robert Scheer
I would like to run for the mayor of the city of Chicago. That has always been an aspiration of mine even when I was in the House of Representatives. – Rahm Emanuel
I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day. – R. Kelly
I would love to be on Broadway. I would love to do a three-month run, similar to how celebrities do a three-month run on ‘Chicago.’ Something like that would be awesome. So, I’m putting it out there. – Rochelle Aytes
It has to be because unemployment problems in northwest Indiana are similar to those in southeast Chicago. – Richard M. Daley
Chicago’s privatization mania began during Mayor Richard M. Daley’s administration, which ran from 1989 to 2011. Under his successor, Rahm Emanuel, the trend has continued apace. For Rahm’s investment banker buddies, the trend has been a boon. For citizens? Not so much. – Rick Perlstein