Voices include Conan O’Brien, Tyree Guyton, DeAndre Levy of the Lions, a newspaper editor and a Deadline reader.
"Just bought Detroit on Etsy."
-- Conan O’Brien, in tweet
"I wanted the new Pistons uniforms to say Detroit vs. Everybody."
-- Darren Nichols, Detroit News reporter, on his Facebook page
"If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere."
-- Tyree Guyton, Heidelberg Project founder/artistic director, in Cultural Weekly Detroit issue
"The University of Prisons has more alumni in Detroit than Wayne State, MSU, U of M and the University of Detroit combined."
-- Sam Riddle, Michigan Citizen columnist
"He's the first white guy who really wasn't afraid of me, so I dug that."
-- Malik Shabazz, Detroit minister and activist, talking about Mike Duggan to Business Insider
"The tired old line that Detroit is the ‘comeback city’ is a cliché. Eyes will roll when people read that."
-- Dan Calabrese, Detroit News blogger, on new ad campaign
"It was the best restaurant we’ve ever been to."
-- Holland Marrone of Roseville, interviewed on opening day at Novi’s new Cheesecake Factory
"The spiders are so big there, they can make the bushes move."
-- DeAndre Levy, Lions linebacker, describing Peru trip in Detroit News
"$275 an hour for a recent college grad. Man, I gotta get in on this bloodletting."
-- Shayne Daley, Deadline Detroit reader commenting on coverage of bankruptcy consultant
"The nation's hottest downtown is America's most troubled city -- bankrupt Detroit."
-- Chris Isidore, CNN correspondent
“It will be dangerous to solely define [mayoral] candidates and issues through the prism of race. . . . Let’s deal with the candidates on the merits of their program, the content of their character and their passion for public service.”
-- Bankole Thompson, Michigan Chronicle editor
"Nothing is structurally taking shape in America to prevent the next Detroit from occurring."
-- Richey Piiparinen, urban consultant writing at Huffington Post
"The Chapter 9 proceeding provides the opportunity to place the banks where they ought to be — at the back of the queue."
-- Joseph Stiglitz, noted economist, blogging at New York Times on Detroit bankruptcy
