I thought about New York but in New York the studio would get crowded with a lot of people. In LA, you look outside its like palm trees, sunshine and you know a totally different feel working.

In February 1991, I was rushed to the hospital in Los Angeles to have my feet amputated. Three years earlier, I had broken the national 100 meters hurdles record while a student at UCLA and was a favourite for the event at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

I don’t see a lot of nature in L.A. Then again, I don’t see a lot when I go back to St. Louis, either.

There is a level of snobbery and fickleness in L.A.

I been all around the world and I haven’t found a city that I’d rather be from or rather come back to than Los Angeles.

The silver and black may have another home, but the Raiders will always belong to the people of Los Angeles