top of page
"When I got to Chicago I had to find my way."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Chicago quotes

"In 1971 I returned to the University of Chicago as Professor of Physics."

"I was asked to come to Chicago because Chicago is one of our fifty-two states."

"I've never been arrested. I've been stopped, searched and had a gun put to my head by the Chicago cops."

"You'd never think of taking a cab if you had to walk a mile down Chicago's Michigan Avenue. But in a bad city you take a cab just to go around the corner."
Explore more quotes by Luther Allison

"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."

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

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

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

"But let's face it, I still have to look at my self and look at the things I've done down the stretch."
bottom of page