"In the States, it takes you a lifetime just to get from Chicago's South Side to the West Side."

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"In the States, it takes you a lifetime just to get from Chicago's South Side to the West Side."

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"In 1980, I moved to Chicago, and I recorded demo tapes for my friends' bands, and in 1981, the first Big Black record - the first thing I did that was an actual record."

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"My uncle was the town drunk - and we lived in Chicago."

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"I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago."

James Iha, American Musician

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"There are enough Poles in Chicago to make up one of the largest cities in Poland."

Suzanne Fields, American Columnist

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"And then when I went to Chicago, that's when I had these outer space experiences and went to the other planets."

Sun Ra, American Musician

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"In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport."

Dick Gregory, American Comedian

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"I think that unless you grew up in New York or Chicago or Los Angeles, you're sheltered."

Jordana Brewster, American Actress

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"It was impossible for me to believe that conditions in Europe could be worse than they were in the Polish section of Chicago, and in many Italian and Irish tenements, or that any workshops could be worse than some of those I had seen in our foreign quarters."

Alice Hamilton, American Scientist

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"I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s."

Lionel Hampton, American Musician

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"After that, I started going downtown and doing a lot of theater shows in Chicago. When you go downtown there, it's like you're in New York, it's like going to Broadway."

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"Well, I've had to deal with everything in my life... leavin' the family, learnin' what not and what to do."

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"The blues is the foundation, and it's got to carry the top. The other part of the scene, the rock 'n' roll and the jazz, are the walls of the blues."

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"But I never had that commercial opportunity to be played on the radio, so how could I be popular?"

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"I think I'm the most positive guy still going in my generation, and I'm out there to prove that."

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"I've been waiting for that bright sunshine to show up and shine in my back door someday."

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"In 1980, I moved to Chicago, and I recorded demo tapes for my friends' bands, and in 1981, the first Big Black record - the first thing I did that was an actual record."

"My uncle was the town drunk - and we lived in Chicago."

"I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago."

"There are enough Poles in Chicago to make up one of the largest cities in Poland."

"And then when I went to Chicago, that's when I had these outer space experiences and went to the other planets."

"In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport."

"I think that unless you grew up in New York or Chicago or Los Angeles, you're sheltered."

"It was impossible for me to believe that conditions in Europe could be worse than they were in the Polish section of Chicago, and in many Italian and Irish tenements, or that any workshops could be worse than some of those I had seen in our foreign quarters."

"I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s."

"After that, I started going downtown and doing a lot of theater shows in Chicago. When you go downtown there, it's like you're in New York, it's like going to Broadway."

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"Well, I've had to deal with everything in my life... leavin' the family, learnin' what not and what to do."

"The blues is the foundation, and it's got to carry the top. The other part of the scene, the rock 'n' roll and the jazz, are the walls of the blues."

"But I never had that commercial opportunity to be played on the radio, so how could I be popular?"

"I want people to recognize Luther Allison when I play."

"I think I'm the most positive guy still going in my generation, and I'm out there to prove that."

"I focused on how these people became how they were."

"I've been waiting for that bright sunshine to show up and shine in my back door someday."

"Me being a skinny guy, I could crawl into the steel pit."

"But there was not a job that could say that Luther Allison didn't do his job."

"I want to play in a place people want to hear me."