"That's why I wrote [the song "Cleveland Rocks"], in a way. When I first came over, with Mott, you'd do these clubs and nobody would turn up. When we were still with Island [Records], nobody'd be turning up. Then you'd get to Cleveland and it would always be packed. Cleveland and Memphis were the first two towns that picked up on us, long before LA or New York. I just thought, "Well, wait a minute, if this town's such a joke, how come they're picking up on Bowie and us and people like that? Nobody else is picking up on it."
Ian Hunter, Ink 19, December 2000