Quotes About Community

I was raised on the Southside of Chicago, and my whole family was musically-inclined.

Chicago is many things to many people, and to me, it is a place where you can write.

When I was a carpenter, I built sets for small storefront Chicago companies. Like, I built sets for friends of mine at The House Theater.

As a city, Chicago really affords me an environment that I am really happy creating in. It's an easy place to live in a lot of ways; it's a great community to be making music in.

What makes my work my own is where I'm writing from. And I feel like I have a million stories to write about Chicago.

Access Living is a powerful voice for people in the Chicago area who live with disabilities.

Chicago is my home. And the way Chicago sounds will always be a part of who I am.

I live my life. And the best place to do that is Chicago.

Jesse Lee Soffer

When I lived in Chicago, it often felt like the same people who were going to all the little theater companies were the people who were working in them.

Chicago made me. They can treat me however they want to treat me anywhere else in the country. When I go back home, they treat me like I'm a star.

I think there's a big difference between New York and Chicago.

Chicago is amazing.

I'm from the Southside of Chicago.

After being away at college and in the Army, I never considered living anywhere else. I loved Chicago then, and I love Chicago now.

I love Chicago. I think it's an amazing city.

There's something specific about Chicagoans, and I just felt like I'd love to tell their story in a creative way. Not in a way to go, 'Oh, Chicago's perfect.' I don't believe that. I don't think that. I know we have our issues.

I want to stay in Chicago.

When I lived alone in Chicago, I had a lot of loneliness issues.

Chicago's one of the most segregated cities in America. Everybody lives in their own silos and vacuums.

I grew up with Chief Keef and Lil Reese. We all lived in the same environment, I went to school with them and everything.

Chiefs fans know how I feel about them and so do the Atlanta Falcons fans.

Growing up in bars might sound like child abuse. And if it does, then you're what my mom would call 'Protestants.'

My children went to Bethesda Elementary School. I wouldn't do anything to endanger the safety of Bethesda.