Quotes About California

Why did we go to war? Why did we pick people from South Carolina, California, and all the places in between to go to a foreign land and risk their lives and have some die? To make sure that Saddam Hussein could do no more damage to the region or us than he has already done.

I was born and raised in the south side of Stockton, California, to a mother still in high school and a father in a juvenile detention facility.

I'm a hip-hop fan, and I'm a Southern Cali girl.

The ocean-bordered southern part of California has always been a place of Hollywood make-believe, casual opulence, suntans and jewelry.

The Southern California arena rock, hair metal, laidback hippie garden culture - for many growing up in the '70s and '80s, none of it made us who we were like Lou Reed did.

We did two nights at a place in Southern California that only holds about 500 people. It was really intimate... Everyone was in lingerie... OK, every time someone says a show was intimate, my head always goes there.

Likewise, with solar, especially here in California, we're discovering that the 80 solar farm schemes that are going forward want to basically bulldoze 1,000 sq. mi. of southern California desert. Well, as an environmentalist, we would rather that didn't happen.

Then I left that school and I went to Cerritos College, which was in southern California; they had one of the best big band programs in the country at the time.

On 'Justified', we're driving all around Southern California trying to find a location that we can call Kentucky.

I grew up with fantastic Southern food. In Southern California.

I'm pursuing soundtrack work in the southern California area and down the line I plan to make a moody, intense acoustic album. Not all acoustic, but an acoustic - oriented guitar record that I've already written most of the material for.

Well, I think it's real important that people understand, first and foremost, those of us that have lived in Arizona or in southern California, we have a very diverse population. The Hispanic population has been part of all of our lives since we've been born here or since we've grown up here.

I'm a California girl, and I'd love to restore a sense of place to Southern California.

I guess I never really had a high school experience. I went for about a month, and on the first day one of my friends got punched in the eye. It was Southern California Public High School. Needless to say, I wasn't there for long.

I've enjoyed my time in the American League, the fans of Southern California and other friendships.

I grew up in southern California in the '80s. Yes, I am a walking cliche.

Reggae is definitely a natural influence. Even living in Southern California, near the water, you get that reggae feel.

To be able to come out to Southern California, talk football, and have the ability to also have conversations with celebrities who love football, it's been a dream, and I never once thought, 'Well, this is a lot of pressure.'

I was born in Southern California in a city called Norwalk. I grew up there until I moved up to New York when I was 18.

I grew up in Southern California, so there is just a part of me that is a Hollywood rocker.

I grew up in Southern California and always loved melodic pop music.

I could probably go on for a long time about the differences between Northern California and Southern California Mexican food.

I was a Southern California boy raised on rap music and cussed like a sailor.

As someone who has grown up living in Southern California, I know all too well about the costs and scarcities of water.