I'm from the Southside of Chicago.Melvin Van PeeblesTheWorldMotivation.comTry New ThemeDownloadSharePin ItCopied to clipboard!“I'm from the Southside of Chicago.
“Big publishers want you to change this and change that. I'd rather go to a little publisher - who needs the tsuris.”Melvin Van PeeblesPublisher
“I feel like Chicago it's so different, we have a different story to tell, we are seeing these things happen in this city every day, and whether you participate in them or not, you see it and get influenced by it.”Polo GChicago
“Living in Dallas, I root for the Mavericks and the Stars and the Cowboys, but I've always pulled for the Chicago Cubs. I enjoy watching them play.”Lee TrevinoChicago
“Luck is very strange. I'm lucky in that I met the guy who said, Go to the University of Chicago, and I hitchhiked there.”
“I have no illusions about running. I hate running. If I could feel as good as I felt at 30 without running, I wouldn't do it, but that's not the way it works! So - no pain, no gain.”Melvin Van PeeblesGain
“Chicago is definitely more of a country place now. The friends who I thought never in a million years would like country now are huge fans. I love that.”Brett EldredgeChicago
“That's what I love about music. It's immediate. There's a connection whether you are playing at Hyde Park or Chicago, and it's been happening since the beginning of time and the troubadours.”Joe PerryChicago
“And we had a DJ - my childhood friend from Chicago came to be the DJ at our party out in LA. It was a party, rockin' and rolling, and it was dancing and fun. For me it was different; just to have family with us.”Jami GertzChicago