“I first came to London as a musician, and when my group broke up, I did 'Guys and Dolls' at the Watford Palace theatre. After that, Ned Sherrin found me and brought me to the West End to do one of his shows. The work went from strength to strength, so I thought: 'This is where the world wants me; I'll stay.” WorldWantFirstsEndsShowsGuyFoundGroupsMusicianWestLondonTheatreBrokeWant MePalacesDollsBroke UpWest End Author:Clarke Peters
“We black women are the single group in the West intact. And anybody can see we're pretty shaky. We are, however (all praises), the only group that derives its identity from itself.” BlackGroupsIdentityPraiseWestBlack Women Author:Nikki Giovanni
“In the West everybody recognizes the need for a private sector, pretty much, even the one Socialist group understands this now, and so there tends to be debate about how much public sector intervention you think is needed for a variety of reasons, and there are very important differences on party lines that should be fought out.” ThinkingNeedsShouldImportantReasonDifferencesLinesPartyGroupsNeededWestDebateVarietySocialistInterventionPrivate SectorPublic Sector Author:Barney Frank
“We depend on manly characteristics to keep us safe. Every single one of the dead firemen heroes on 9/11 were men. This was one group where liberals didn't ask why there wasn't a more pleasing gender balance, because the Upper West Side is not fireproof. What happens in combat in some distant field is abstract to liberals, but they can understand the need to have strong, brave men in their fire department.” MenNeedsHappensAsksStrongSidesFireGroupsFieldsDependsHeroBalanceSafeBraveWestGenderAbstractCharacteristicsDepartmentCombatManlyBrave ManFiremanWest SideFire Department Author:Kate O'Beirne
“The ’60s was the last time when large groups of people in the West searched for alternative modes of being. In a society like India’s, which is still not fully modern or totally organized, and has a great deal of tolerance for otherness in general, they find the cultural license to try other things, to be whatever they want to be.” PeopleWantTryingLastsDealsGroupsModernIndiaWestToleranceAlternativesOrganizedLast TimeLicenseOthernessLarge Groups Author:Pankaj Mishra
“The only problem was I needed to use my own group, and things didn't happen until I did. It wasn't a real country sound, what I did. I've listened to it, and I think it was more a west coast rock thing, you know? But it fit. It was country, but it was my own interpretation of country.” ThinkingKnowsRealCountryUseProblemHappensSoundMy OwnGroupsRocksNeededFitWestInterpretationCoastWest Coast Author:Waylon Jennings