“When I was a teenager, if you'd asked me, I would have said I was in a relationship with New York City. It was my first real love.” IfsFirstsSaidRealCitiesNew YorkTeenagerNew York CityReal Love Author:Aleksa Palladino
“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
“Today I arrived by train in New York City, which I'd never seen before, walked through the grandeur of Grand Central Terminal, stepped outside, got my first look at the city and instantly fell in love with it. Silently, inside myself, I yelled: I should have been born here!” ShouldFirstsLooksHas BeensTodayBornCitiesNew YorkShould HaveTrainNew York CityShould Have BeenGrandeurTerminal Book:A Diary of the Century: Tales from America's Greatest Diarist Source: A Diary of the Century: Tales from America's Greatest Diarist