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Baltimore is one of the most beautiful towns, really. And trust me, I don't say that about every place. There is just something so quaint, old and beautiful about this place.

I think Baltimore suffers from nostalgia and it keeps us from being honest in talking about what really happened here. A place doesn't have to be perfect to be beloved, and I love this city and I love it better for seeing its flaws.

I was born in West Baltimore, lived in a situation in which violence was everywhere.

I did not dedicate my life to making Baltimore a safer and more just place because it was easy.

Some people see Baltimore as a hopeless place. Some have even made a lot of money on it.

Anyone can love a perfect place. Loving Baltimore takes some resilience.

Some people might look at Baltimore, from afar, and see nothing but hopelessness. I see, in Baltimore, tremendously good and compassionate people, and a tremendous opportunity to save a lot a lives.

If you go to probably any jury trial in Baltimore that involves violence, either an assault or murder, and watch the voir dire, to me, that's when you get a sense of what it's like to live in Baltimore.

I grew up on the streets of Baltimore, a city I love to this very day.

'Really,' thought I, 'we call Baltimore the 'Monumental City' for its two marble columns, and here is Edinburg with one at every street-corner!'