“I had no particular image of Chicago in mind when I wrote 'My Kind of ...” — Sammy Cahn Quote

“I had no particular image of Chicago in mind when I wrote 'My Kind of Town.' All I wanted to do was write a song in praise of Chicago, and that's what I did.”

“I must say that it's easy to write nice things about Chicago because it's that kind of town.”

“Take a simple name like Nicholas: you can rhyme it with ridiculous. If you aren't too meticulous. You know, every word's rhymable.”

“I was never exposed to a great deal of racism, but the Chicago I grew up in was very, very segregated.”

“It's not a question that people have a very negative image of Chicago. They just don't think about it.”

“For some Chicago expats, food is the medicine that blunts the pain of separation.”