“I'm a Brooklyn boy. I was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised there, and spent most of my childhood there.” BornBoysChildhoodNew YorkRaisedBrooklynBrooklyn New York Author:Robert Jay Lifton
“I started performing music about the age of 16. I lived in Brooklyn, New York, and this thing called the Flatbush Fair comes once a year. That was my first time on stage.” YearsFirstsAgeStageNew YorkFirst TimeFairsPerformingBrooklynPerforming MusicBrooklyn New York Author:Theophilus London
“I come from nowhere Brooklyn, New York. Williamsburg, Brooklyn. These days Williamsburg is kind of a hip area, but when I grew up there, the taxi drivers wouldn't even go over the bridge, it was so dangerous.” KindDangerousNew YorkGrewGrew UpAreasHipsThese DaysBridgesDriversBrooklynTaxiBrooklyn New YorkWilliamsburg Author:Barry Manilow
“In later years, holding forth to an interviewer or to an audience of aging fans at a comic book convention, Sam Clay liked to declare, apropos of his and Joe Kavalier's greatest creation, that back when he was a boy, sealed and hog-tied inside the airtight vessel known as Brooklyn, New York, he had been haunted by dreams of Harry Houdini.” YearsBookDreamKnownBoysAudienceFansNew YorkCreationAgingComicConventionsTiedComic BookClayVesselBrooklynBack WhenHogInterviewersHoudiniBrooklyn New York Book:The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (with bonus content): A Novel Source: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (with bonus content): A Novel
“My parents are my biggest influences. My parents and my city. Brooklyn, New York, New York City, the community I grew up. I don't feel like I'm special in that. I feel like that's everybody.” FeelsParentCommunityCitiesInfluenceSpecialNew YorkGrewGrew UpNew York CityBrooklynBrooklyn New York Author:Talib Kweli
“As far as my New York influence, one thing I'm proud of in my career is, I rep Brooklyn, New York all day. But people don't look at my music as New York music. People consider my music underground music.” PeopleLooksCareersOne ThingInfluenceNew YorkProudBrooklynBrooklyn New YorkUnderground Music Author:Talib Kweli
“I live in Brooklyn, New York. It is a melting pot of cultures and people. I walk down the street, and there is art on the buildings and people congregating who have been neighbors for years and events and music and freedom.” PeopleYearsHas BeensArtCultureWalksStreetsEventsNew YorkBuildingNeighborPotMeltingBrooklynMelting PotBrooklyn New York Author:Erin Willett
“My brother played the game with his friends, so I thought I was a pretty smart kid and I played this friend of mine and he just crushed me and this was Brooklyn Tech High School in Brooklyn where I still live, in Brooklyn, New York and this guy beat me so bad it wasn't even funny. I couldn't understand why he beat me.” StillsKidsSchoolGuyGamesNew YorkMinesBrotherSmartBeatsHigh SchoolMy BrotherThis GuyCrushedBrooklynSmart KidBrooklyn New York Author:Maurice Ashley
“I was born the day before the March on Washington. I grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Everybody in my neighborhood was a Democrat. We just didn't have any Republicans, because anyone running as a Republican was very out of touch with what our community needed.” RunningBornCommunityNew YorkGrewNeededRepublicanGrew UpDemocratNeighborhoodMarchBrooklynOur CommunityMarch On WashingtonBrooklyn New York Author:Leah D. Daughtry