“I needed real help in New York and I had no friends. I looked up at those buildings, I couldn't see the sky or nothing, and I said, 'Well, there ain't no mountain high enough,' and I just started - the words just fell out of my mouth, really.” WellsSaidRealEnoughHelpingSkyNew YorkBuildingNeededMountainMouthsNo Friends Author:Nickolas Ashford
“I think people are always looking for gurus. It's the easiest thing in the world to become a guru. It's quite terrifying. I once saw something fascinating here in New York. It must have been in the early seventies--guru time. A man used to go and sit in Central Park, wearing elaborate golden robes. He never once opened his mouth, he just sat. He'd appear at lunchtime. People appeared from everywhere, because he was obviously a holy man, and this went on for months. They just sat around him in reverent silence. Eventually he got fed up with it and left. Yes. It's as easy as that.” PeopleThinkingMenWorldHas BeensUsedLeftEasySilenceSawsNew YorkMonthsHolyMouthsGoldenSatParksFascinatingFedsSeventiesGuruRobesFed UpHoly ManCentral ParkLunchtime Author:Doris Lessing
“After one month with a saxophone shoved in my mouth, my military combatant's enthusiasm disappeared completely. Instead of flying choppers behind enemy lines, I started to fantasise about living in New York, London or Paris.” LinesBehindsEnemyCreativityMilitaryNew YorkMonthsMouthsLondonFlyingEnthusiasmParisSaxophoneChoppers Book:The Wandering Who?: A Study of Jewish Identity Politics Source: The Wandering Who?: A Study of Jewish Identity Politics
“I also remember that Snoop Dogg visited the set in New York, with a joint in his mouth that looked like a cigar. There's your anger management. I thought, "Isn't he going to get arrested?" It was like he lived on another planet. God bless him, he was very nice. Who wouldn't be nice when you're that stoned?” RememberNiceNew YorkPlanetsMouthsManagementBlessBeing NiceJointsArrestedVery NiceGod BlessCigarAnger Management Author:Kurt Fuller
“When I first moved to New York I wanted to be a dancer, I danced professionally for years, living a hand-to-mouth existence.” YearsFirstsHandsWantedExistenceNew YorkMouthsMovedDancer Author:Madonna Ciccone
“New York is the biggest mouth in the world. It appears to be prime example of the herd instinct, leading the universal urban conspiracy to beguile man from his birthright (the good ground), to hang him by his eyebrows from skyhooks above hard pavement, to crucify him, sell him, or be sold by him.” MenWorldHardNew YorkExampleMouthsUniversalSellsInstinctPrimeConspiracyUrbanEyebrowsHerdsBirthrightPavement Book:1949-1959 Source: 1949-1959
“I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth; I came from really humble beginnings - the projects of New York City - and I worked my way to get to where I am.” WayBornCitiesNew YorkProjectsMouthsHumbleMy WaySilverNew York CitySpoonsHumble BeginningsSilver Spoons Author:Adrienne Bailon
“I live in New York and there are a lot of famous... pizzerias in my neighborhood, it's really hard to find one that isn't famous. Which sucks sometimes, you know what I mean, sometimes I don't want all that glitz and glamour, I just want something delicious, you know? I don't need a celebrity in my mouth, Ray's Up And Coming Pizza would be fine.” KnowsWantNeedsMeanSometimesHardWould BeNew YorkFineMouthsNeighborhoodRaysDeliciousWant SomethingGlamourPizzaGlitz Author:Demetri Martin