Always Quote by Jackie Coogan

San Francisco has always been a haven for misfits and weirdos. I'm both of those, which is why I came here.

— Michael Franti

I grew up in San Francisco in the 1970s. We were part of a church that belonged to the California Jesus movement.

— Sara Zarr

San Francisco isn't what it used to be, and it never was.

— Herb Caen

The environment of San Francisco has so much history to it that I really appreciate. Musically, socially, and culturally. There's this new culture of…

— GRiZ

That's one of the things I like about San Francisco. It's not like anywhere else in the world.

— Tracy Chapman

But it's not just the ratty part of town. The upper class in San Francisco is that way. The Bohemian Grove, which I attend…

— Richard M. Nixon

I grew up in Marin County north of San Francisco, and in the 1950s and '60s it was a natural paradise.

— Huey Lewis

I love San Francisco. I have a lot of memories there.

— Rosalynn Carter

But oh, San Francisco! It is and has everything - you wouldn't think that such a place as San Francisco could exist.

— Dylan Thomas

When I went to San Francisco in that cold late spring of 1967, I did not even know what I wanted to find out,…

— Joan Didion

There was an immediate connection with the Bay Area from when I first came out years ago. Somehow, I always knew there would be.…

— Bonobo

The thing about San Francisco is that it has this kind of magical quality.

— Muddy Waters