Diana Ross
Singer
"I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto."
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Detroit
87 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Mayer Hawthorne
Singer-songwriter, Producer
"Nowhere on earth has more soul than Detroit."
Derrick May
Music Producer and DJ
"The music is just like Detroit, a complete mistake. It's like George Clinton and Kraftwerk are stuck in an elevator with only a sequencer to keep them company."
Eminem
Rapper, songwriter, record producer
"I come from Detroit where it's rough and I'm not a smooth talker."
Kid Rock
Musician, Actor
"Go where you're celebrated, not tolerated. I'm celebrated in Detroit."
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"That's one of the most important things to me is that Detroit and Ann Arbor got my back. If you don't have hometown love, then what's the point?"
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"Everybody has a gun in their car in Detroit."
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"Detroit, my 'great' subject, made me the person I am, consequently the writer I am - for better or worse."
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"When you are already in Detroit, you don't have to take a bus to get there."
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"Things were a lot simpler in Detroit. I didn't care about anything but boyfriends."
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"Detroit is full of talent."
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"Faygo's like a Detroit thing, and you can't really find it everywhere, but the difference between Faygo Creme Soda and other cream sodas is that it's foamy. Faygo Creme Soda is almost like Sprite, but it's cream soda, so that's ill!"
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"Detroit: Cars and rock 'n' roll. Not a bad combo."
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"From an early age, music was my only thing. You come from Detroit, you learn how to make the most of what you can do best."
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"I grew up in Detroit. I grew up in an environment where you were supposed to be Democrat, where they told you that Republicans were evil people and that they were racist."
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"Thanks to all the fans from Detroit and Philly who are recognizing what type of player I am, and I hope they keep supporting the Sixers."
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"Well, I was into music since I was a kid, ya know, back in Detroit. I say Detroit, but it was really a little suburb outside the city called Romeo."
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