#new york

I worked hard all my life as far as this music business. I dreamed of the day when I could go to New York and feel comfortable and they could come out here and be comfortable. ↗

— Tupac Shakur

#business #come #comfortable #could #day

Gradually the live TV scene simmered out, replaced by film, and that took place in L.A. So many actors left New York. ↗

— William Shatner

#gradually #left #live #live tv #many

We're from New York, so we have a decent following. ↗

— Josh Silver

#following #new #new york #york

I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood. ↗

— Billy Joel

#because #books #boxing #drawn #got

My father was a Norwegian tenor and my mother a New York Irish librarian. ↗

— David Johansen

#irish #librarian #mother #new #new york

I got out of the Army - in my world - I came to New York, for instance, when the civil rights movement was just beginning, and that created a certain energy, a certain rumble, a certain impetus for black actors. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#beginning #black #came #certain #civil

When I was in New York after I left the Army, I studied for two years at the American Theater Wing, studied acting, which involved dance and fencing and speech classes and history of theater, all that. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#after #american #army #classes #dance

I had very modest expectations when I first moved to New York. I didn't even expect to get a record deal. ↗

— Norah Jones

#even #expect #expectations #first #get

When I moved to New York, I fell head over heels back into country music and probably 'cause I missed something about Texas. ↗

— Norah Jones

#back #cause #country #country music #fell

If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You're dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#big #big bands #biggest #charlie #dealing