Quote

As a city, Chicago really affords me an environment that I am really happy creating in. It's an easy place to live in a lot of ways; it's a great community to be making music in.

I think Chicago people are very special people, and the Midwest's confluence of East Coast-meets-Midwest sensibilities had to, on a formative level, inform me as an artist and an actor. In that sense, it had to have helped me.

I'm from Chicago, I live in Chicago and I wanted very much for the music in Chicago to succeed.

I think how Chicago plays a role in my life - it had such a role in my youth and the decisions that I made as a kid and formulated who I am as an artist early on.

I adore Chicago. It is the pulse of America.

I'm impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work.

I love Chicago.

Chicago is my hometown and will always have a special place in my heart.

I'm always going to get more of a charge playing Chicago than I will Duluth or some place like that. Just because of the history and the people there are way more knowledgeable than a lot of other cities. It's an amazing music scene with some great bands and great musicians.

It's wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago.