“I mean, just because you're a musician doesn't mean all your ideas are about music. So every once in a while I get an idea about plumbing, I get an idea about city government, and they come the way they come.” WayMeanIdeasGovernmentCitiesMusicianPlumbingCity Government Author:Jerry Garcia
“There is a view that jazz is 'evil' because it comes from evil people, but actually the greatest priests on 52nd Street and on the streets of New York City were the musicians. They were doing the greatest healing work. They knew how to punch through music that would cure and make people feel good.” PeopleFeelsEvilViewsCitiesHealingStreetsNew YorkMusicianJazzFeel GoodCuresPriestsNew York CityEvil People Author:Garth Hudson
“I am a musician, a songwriter, music fan. I live in New York City and I love my job.” JobsCitiesFansNew YorkMusicianNew York CitySongwritersMusic Fans Author:Hoodie Allen
“You'll find little schools of musicians experimenting with different ways of making music in Brooklyn, all through Manhattan, in Queens, in Jersey, you know? The city is still bubbling with creativity.” KnowsWayLittlesStillsDifferentSchoolCitiesCreativityMusicianQueensDifferent WaysJerseyBrooklynManhattan Author:Chick Corea
“I didn't come to Nashville to put on a cowboy hat and pretend to be a country singer. My attraction to Nashville as Music City is the variety and flexibility: the fact that there's so many musicians at your disposal, so many amazing studios and talented people that you can draw from. ... I try to be myself, but at the same time I'm learning a lot, and I'm pulling from not only from the well of inspiration that I'm getting from Nashville, but I'm pulling from my roots.” PeopleTryingWellsCountryFactsInspirationCitiesMusicianDrawsRootsStudiosAttractionSingersVarietyHatsPullingCowboyFlexibilityNashvilleCountry SingerCowboy HatMusic City Author:John Oates
“I enjoyed living in New York City, I liked the premise of the show [Saturday Night Live], I liked working with a different host every week and different musicians. I always thought, "This is great. I never expected to get this in the first place, so I'm just happy being here."” FirstsDifferentShowsNightCitiesWeekNew YorkMusicianExpectedEnjoyedNew York CityHostSaturdayPremisesSaturday NightSaturday Night Live Author:Kevin Nealon
“I have always loved jazz music and as a teen growing up in New York City and then later on as an adult have great memories of the jazz clubs that were all located on 52nd Street. I still catch as many jazz shows as I can when I am in New York. And when I perform, I have my jazz quartet by my side. Jazz musicians keep things spontaneous and very "live," which is the way I like to perform.” WayStillsI CanShowsSidesMemoriesCitiesGrowing UpGrowingStreetsNew YorkMusicianAdultsJazzClubsNew York CitySpontaneousJazz MusicJazz MusicianQuartetsGreat Memories Author:Tony Bennett
“When I was growing up, I fetishised New York City. It was the land of Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, it was where Leonard Cohen wrote 'Chelsea Hotel', it was CBGBs and all the punk rock clubs. Artists and musicians lived there, and it was cheap and dangerous.” ArtistCitiesGrowing UpGrowingLandRocksDangerousNew YorkMusicianClubsHotelNew York CityPunkPunk RockVelvetReedsChelseaVelvet UndergroundCbgb Author:Moby
“So, I mean, there's still vast swaths of the city that are suffering from a lack of jobs and poor housing and poor public schools, but they are building momentum - you know, techies, foodies, artists, musicians, all coming to Detroit. So there is this vibrancy. You see it in the newspapers every day - some story about the new Detroit.” KnowsMeanStillsStoriesSchoolJobsArtistSufferingPoorCitiesBuildingMusicianNewspapersHousingPublic SchoolMomentumDetroitVibrancyTechie Author:David Maraniss
“I moved to Portland because Modest Mouse is there. I didn't necessarily mean to live there permanently, but I've got a really good feeling for it. The sensibility there really suits me. I happened to have grown up in Manchester, a city that was a pretty cool place to be a musician. It's close to Portland in a lot of ways.” WayMeanFeelingsCitiesHappenedMusicianMovedSuitsSensibilityModestMiceManchesterGood FeelingPortlandCool Places Author:Johnny Marr
“My father was a musician, and I've always loved writing. I grew up in New York City during a time when hip hop music was surrounding you with the hip hop culture, and it felt natural. I was a really huge fan of the music.” WritingCultureFatherFeltNaturalCitiesFansNew YorkHugeGrewGrew UpMusicianHip HopHipsHopsNew York CityHip Hop Music Author:El-P
“Kabul was a thriving cosmopolitan city with its vibrant artistic, intellectual and cultural life. There were poets, musicians, and writers. There was also an influx of western culture, art, and literature in the '60s and '70s.” ArtCultureLiteratureCitiesPoetMusicianIntellectualWesternArtisticWestern CultureKabul Author:Khaled Hosseini
“After Hurricane Katrina, I wanted to go back to New Orleans to help musicians return to the city. But Andrew Young advised me, "If you want to help people, go work at an investment bank." His contrarian advice opened my eyes to the importance of capital. "Learn how to make some money before you give it away." I learned that you can bring about good in the world especially if you have a paycheck.” PeopleIfsWorldWantGivingHelpingEyeWantedYoungCitiesAdviceReturnMusicianImportanceInvestmentNew OrleansHurricanesAndrewPaychecksKatrinaHurricane KatrinaGood In The World Author:Kabir Sehgal
“Canada is a country of ingredients without a cuisine; we're a country with musicians without an indigenous instrument; Toronto's a city that doesn't even have a dish named after it.” CountryCitiesMusicianInstrumentsCanadaIngredientsDishesIndigenousCuisineToronto Author:Mike Myers