When I get an idea for a book, something appeals to me, it's usually a character. I'll see a picture of a female marshal in front of the courthouse in Miami and she's got a shotgun on her hip and it goes up on an angle. And she's good-looking. And I say, 'I've got to use her.'

- Elmore Leonard

Miami's not anybody's poor cousin. It's an aspiration to live in this town, not something you have to do to promote yourself like some of the larger cities.

- Iggy Pop

I had a call to the University of Miami where I'd run a revival in 1950.

- Howard Finster

I'm very comfortable here. I enjoy all aspects of it. This is a place I want to make a stamp and bring something that Miami hasn't seen before.

- Giancarlo Stanton

I want to win, and I want to win in Miami.

- Giancarlo Stanton

Jews don't care about ancient rivalries. We worry about humidity in Miami.

- Evan Sayet

I was doing telenovelas in Miami and Mexico, and everyone's dream when you're an actor is to be in Hollywood.

- Emeraude Toubia

180 episodes of 'CSI: Miami' and never the same lipstick twice!

- Emily Procter

I feel like 'CSI: Miami' was just a license to do all sorts of horrible things that I'd always wanted to do.

- Emily Procter

And I've been acting for 39 years, so I define characters differently than I did in say Miami Vice.

- Edward James Olmos

When I'm in Miami I like to go and watch basketball, the Miami Heat.

- Andy Murray

Miami is one of the great cultural melting pots in the world. I love working and living here.

- David Caruso

I struggled for 15 years in this business before Miami Vice came along.

- Don Johnson

I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude.

- Desi Arnaz

I was raised in New York and then moved to Miami in my teenage years, returning to New York later on.

- Dascha Polanco

The Miami Heat floor is great, but a lot of them are not.

- Dwyane Wade

When I first came into money, I bought six or seven homes. One weekend I went to Miami and bought an apartment and a mansion several blocks from each other, which was not that bright!

- Daymond John

I've lost bags all over the world and had cases end up in London, Frankfurt, Los Angeles and Miami.

- Brigitte Nielsen

I have my own studio down in Miami.

- Aaron Carter

Actually freestyle really comes from 'Planet Rock'. If you listen to all the freestyle records you'll hear that they are based on 'Planet Rock'. All the Miami Bass records are based upon Planet Rock.

- Afrika Bambaataa