“I like musicianship, and it's quite lacking in most modern popular music. You're always safe with old Chicago, the Allman Brothers, Gov't Mule, or Tower of Power.” ModernBrotherSafeChicagoTowersLackingPopular MusicMulesMusicianship Author:Mark Rippetoe
“The only actor who I think probably might have possibly taken a swing at me if he could have would be Burt Reynolds. He used to call Roger and me the Bruise Brothers, out of Chicago.” IfsThinkingMightWould BeUsedActorsTakenBrotherChicagoSwingsRogerBruises Author:Gene Siskel
“When I was nine years old, living on the south side of Chicago, my father was a minister and my mother used to scrub floors. I had seven brothers and four sisters. I told my mama, 'One of these days I'm going to be big and strong and buy you a beautiful house.' That's all I've ever wanted to do with my life, is to take care of my mother.” YearsBigsCareWantedBeautifulLife IsUsedMotherFatherHouseStrongSidesFourBrotherSouthSevenTake CareNineThese DaysMinistersChicagoMamaLiving OnNine Years Author:Mr. T
“My whole family is in the arts some way or the other. My father was a cellist in a symphony outside Chicago that was a side-job, he was a scientist. My mother was a dancer in New York. She was next-door neighbors with Dorothy Loudon and they moved to New York together. Mom was a dancer in New York for several years before she got married. My sister was a classical pianist. And my brother was a partier. So it all just seemed to work.” WayYearsArtWholeTogetherJobsMotherNextFatherSidesDoorsNew YorkBrotherMomMarriedScientistMovedNeighborMy BrotherDancerChicagoMy SisterSymphonyPianistWhole FamilyNext Door NeighborsCellists Author:Jason Graae
“We got into all the trouble you could ever imagine. We figured that if the Jones boys and all the gangsters ran Chicago, we had our own territory now. All the stores, all the crime, we were in charge of everything, my stepbrother and my brother.” IfsBoysImagineTroubleCrimeBrotherStoresRanMy BrotherTerritoryChicagoGangsters Author:Quincy Jones
“And I come here as a daughter, raised on the South Side of Chicago - by a father who was a blue-collar city worker and a mother who stayed at home with my brother and me.” HomeMotherFatherSidesCitiesBrotherDaughterBlueSouthRaisedWorkersMy BrotherChicagoCollarsBlue Collar Author:Michelle Obama
“I listen to a lot of Chicago blues, I suppose. It reminds me of growing up, I guess. But I'm also obsessed by close-harmony groups. Actually, I'm fascinated particularly by brother duos, how they blend together. The Everly Brothers, the Stanley Brothers, The McQuarrys. There's something inherently magical about harmony.” TogetherGrowing UpGrowingGroupsBrotherHarmonyObsessedChicagoFascinatedStanleyDuosEverly BrothersChicago Blues Author:John C. Reilly