Detroit Quotes

'Detroit 1-8-7' - the numbers are police slang for murder - is filmed in that blue-collar Michigan city, providing a flavor of authenticity. Detroit offers a unique visual landscape that tells the story of the city and what it's been through.

Detroit is full of talent.

I care about the children of Detroit.

Downtown Detroit has more vacant buildings over 10 storeys than any city in the world.

I had sort of exhausted all the avenues playing in Detroit. So again, through the stewardship of my brother, I ended up in California and went to the Musicians Institute in L.A. I wanted to get better as a player.

I'm the 1st black platinum artist in Detroit, solo artist in Detroit.

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.

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

Things were a lot simpler in Detroit. I didn't care about anything but boyfriends.

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.

There are very few courses around Detroit I haven't played.

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

Detroit is right now a new Mecca for Hip Hop.

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

I wish we could have acted quicker on Detroit or other failing schools.

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.

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

Detroit is saying that the hydrogen vehicle is the vehicle of the future. But it's 15 years from now.

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

Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points they almost always win.

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

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 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.

I'm a Detroit player, they set styles.

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

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.