Detroit Quotes

It's ironic that while I was a worker in Detroit, which I left when I was twenty six, my sense was that the thing that's going to stop me from being a poet is the fact that I'm doing this crummy work.

I'm a Detroit player, they set styles.

But as a practical matter, Detroit's the sports city in the country.

I remember back in Detroit, I used to go to the Apex Bar every night after I got off work. The bartender there used to call me Boom Boom. I don't know why, but he did.

Though I'd have to say it was generally the guys in Detroit, as a group, that won the two Championships. They were terrific and I always look back very fondly.

I grew up in Hollywood. Saying my name here is like mentioning Ford in Detroit.

The Detroit String Quartet played Brahms last night. Brahms lost.

Detroit was kind of a random thing where it was like a chance to be in a rock 'n' roll movie.

I played golf all over Detroit.

You know, I'm the 1st black solo MC from Detroit. I didn't do the 50 Cent sales but hey... I got a long career, I'm still young and I'm trying to bring really good music.

For me, personally, Detroit is a melting pot for everything. We get the best from the East Coast, West Coast and down South.

Yeah I grew up on the Westside of Detroit.

After three failed marriages, I know what it's like to be replaced. So that's kind of how Joey Harrington must feel today... A former No. 1 choice looks to me like he's going to be a bust in Detroit.

By 1946, I knew Detroit was the best hockey city in the Original Six.

I was born in Detroit, in an all black neighborhood.

Detroit is a city that really stands out. It's been through a very difficult time. There's been a lot of pain here, and the city, physically, has suffered. You can see it in certain neighborhoods, and there's buildings downtown that have been abandoned.

I was just about 6 weeks old when we moved to Detroit.

Detroit, the heart of the country... I grew up on 10 Mile, 2 miles better than 8 Mile.

I love sports. Whenever I can, I always watch the Detroit Tigers on the radio.

I started radio in 1950 on the Lone Ranger radio program, a dramatic show that emanated from Detroit when I was 18 years old and just beginning college. I did that for a couple of years.

Detroit turned out to be heaven, but it also turned out to be hell.

I grew up in the suburbs of Detroit.

If a foreign country doesn't look like a middle-class suburb of Dallas or Detroit, then obviously the natives must be dangerous as well as badly dressed.

I went on to Cincinnati. I had got a taste of the big cities and them bright lights. I stayed there until I was about 18 or 19 and then I went on to Detroit.

I quit because I didn't feel like the Detroit Lions had a chance to win. It just killed my enjoyment of the game.

I was playing with the Aquabats, and then I quit to join a band called Suicide Machine in Detroit.

Ever since I've become chairman, there have been profiles of me in People, George, The Washington Post, The Detroit News, and all of them could have been written by the same person.

Detroit: Cars and rock 'n' roll. Not a bad combo.

It's been a great honor for me to be a player for the Detroit Red Wings, to play for an Original Six franchise. I know I'm far from perfect, but I learned a lot.

I love meeting fans. The people who are fans of my books are really smart and dedicated, because some independent comics are hard to get. I will drive all the way to Pittsburgh or Detroit to put it in their hands.