“The effect hip-hop had on me was enormous. I was exposed to it by happenstance. My father worked at a radio station in New York called WKTU Disco 92. It was the first radio station in New York City to play disco in the late '70s.” FirstsPlayFatherCitiesEffectsNew YorkLateHip HopRadioEnormousHipsHopsStationsNew York CityExposedDiscoRadio StationsHappenstance Author:Michael Rapaport
“In terms of style I typically veer toward a certain masculinity. My style inspirations range from images of my father in his 1970s suits, to Tilda Swinton, to Hugh Hefner, to Sharon Stone and her ferocious sexuality, to handsome men I see on the streets of New York.” MenInspirationCertainFatherTermStreetsStyleNew YorkStonesSexualitySuitsRangeMasculinityHandsomeSharonHandsome Men Author:Rachael Taylor
“In the last 17 years of his working life, my father was finally rewarded with having landed a great job as first, a maintenance engineer, and then a senior locksmith with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.” YearsFirstsJobsLastsFatherNew YorkEngineersReservesSeniorMaintenanceGreat JobFederal ReserveWorking Life Author:Tony Visconti
“I was born in New York but as a baby moved to Venezuela and Argentina. I've also lived in Denmark, where my father's from. I've traveled a lot, and having that sort of background probably increased the chance that I was going to remain curious as an adult about people who are different.” PeopleDifferentFatherBornChanceNew YorkBabyAdultsMovedBackgroundsCuriousTraveledArgentinaVenezuelaDenmark Author:Viggo Mortensen
“Don Baylor, New York Yankees DH, on Billy Martin and his predecessor Yogi Berra: Playing for Yogi is like playing for your father; playing for Billy is like playing for your father-in-law.” LawFatherNew YorkBaseballYankeesIn-lawsNew York YankeesPredecessorsYogiFather In LawBaylor Author:Don Baylor
“My upbringing was very un-Hollywood. I was born in New York and grew up on a ranch. I was never really smitten by the business in those days, never a fan type - just a basic kid watching TV. It wasn't like I was an insider. I was never really brought into the show business side of my father's life. I guess that's been a blessing and a downfall. But it's made my own work the initiation.” MadeShowsKidsFatherSidesBornMy OwnFansNew YorkTvsGrewTypeBlessingGrew UpHollywoodShow BusinessUpbringingDownfallInitiationInsidersWatching TvSmitten Author:Stephanie Zimbalist
“I feel about New York as a child whose father is a bank robber. Not perfect, but I still love him.” FeelsChildrenStillsFatherPerfectNew YorkNot PerfectRobbersI Still Love Him Author:Woody Allen
“I was 16 when I came to New York. I had graduated to a tenor banjo in the school jazz band, and it was kind of boring - just chords, chords, chords. Then my father took me to a mountain music and dance festival in Asheville, North Carolina, and there I saw relatively uneducated people playing great music by ear.” PeopleKindSchoolFatherSawsNew YorkBandMountainEarsJazzBoringFestivalsChordsGreat MusicCarolinaUneducatedNorth CarolinaTenorsMusic And DanceBanjosJazz BandAsheville Author:Pete Seeger
“Our Founding Fathers were the first to articulate the reasons for their First Amendment, the same reasons given by Learned Hand, and by Justice Brennan in New York Times v. Sullivan . It is a lesson we keep forgetting and must relearn in each succeeding generation.” FirstsReasonHandsFatherGivenJusticeForgetGenerationsNew YorkLessonsSucceedAmendmentsFreedom Of SpeechFoundingFirst AmendmentNew York TimesOur Founding Fathers Author:Gilbert S. Merritt, Jr.
“I did not come from an academic background. My father was a smart man, but he had a fifth-grade education. He and all his friends were plumbers. They were all born around 1905 in great poverty in New York City and had to go to work when they were 12 or 13 years old.” MenYearsFatherBornCitiesPovertyNew YorkSmartBackgroundsGradesNew York CityAcademicFifthPlumberFifth GradeSmart Man Author:Leonard Susskind
“I came to New York in 1986. My father didn't think it was a good idea. I didn't know how I found it, but I went to Hunter College. I had no money and I couldn't speak English.” ThinkingKnowsIdeasFoundFatherSpeakKnow HowNew YorkCollegeGood IdeasHuntersNo MoneySpeak English Author:Francisco Costa
“For me, I never knew what addiction was. I just knew my heroes, like [New York Dolls guitarist] Johnny Thunders, did heroin. I didn't have a father, it looked good to me. If I had read Johnny Thunders' book The Heroin Diaries, I don't think I would have done heroin.” IfsThinkingBookDoneFatherNew YorkHeroAddictionThunderDiariesDollsHeroinMy HeroGuitarist Author:Nikki Sixx
“Like the Roman town grid, the New York plan was laid down on largely empty land, a city designed in advance of being inhabited; if the Romans consulted the heavens for guidance in this effort, the city fathers of New York consulted the banks.” IfsFatherHeavenEffortCitiesPlansLandNew YorkEmptyTownsGuidanceGrids Author:Richard Sennett