Dangerous Quote by Mahershala Ali

I think Compton is a really attractive place for young families.

— Aja Brown

The city of Oakland, since I got here, has been like my second family. They've taken me in and had my back through the…

— Derek Carr

In L.A., like, there's a lot of, like, materialism, and, you know, people who think they're better than each other because of the clothes…

— Kreayshawn

Oakland's got a lot of character.

— O. T. Fagbenle

California has all the beauties of youth as well as its idiocies and vices.

— Gertrude Atherton

For a lot of kids, the Boys and Girls Club is really a sanctuary, an oasis of sanity and safety for them because their…

— Judge Reinhold

The murder rate in Chicago is skyrocketing, and you see who's doing it and perpetrating it - they all look like Chief Keef. When…

— Lupe Fiasco

My arrival in Oakland is not a coincidence, it's a God-incidence.

— Manny Ramirez

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

“For several months they'd been drifting toward political involvement, but the picture was hazy and one of the most confusing elements was their geographical…

— Hunter S. Thompson

The influence that Oakland has on my sound is about 90%. There's so many different elements to Oakland. Of course you have the street…

— Adrian Marcel