“I knew I was destined to be a rock star. I just knew it, like I've always had the power of foresight. I feel right now exactly the way I felt after I finished mixing my first solo album 'New York Groove'.” WayFeelsFirstsStarsFeltRocksNew YorkRight NowAlbumsFinishedSoloDestinedRock StarForesightMixingFeels RightGroove Author:Ace Frehley
“What we've witnessed in the past 25 or 30 years is just incredible. We've birthed 30,000 or 40,000 restaurants. I used to go to Europe every year to get experience [and ideas]. I don't go to Europe anymore. I go to Oregon, I go to Washington, I go to Louisiana, I go to Little Rock, I go to Austin, I travel New York City. I don't go to Europe anymore.” YearsLittlesIdeasPastUsedCitiesRocksNew YorkEuropeIncrediblesRestaurantsNew York CityLouisianaAustinOregonLittle Rock Author:Geoffrey Zakarian
“Big Star invented a vision of bohemian rock & roll cool that had nothing to do with New York, Los Angeles or London, which made them completely out of style in the 1970s, but also made them an inspiration to generations of weird Southern kids.” MadeBigsInspirationKidsStarsVisionGenerationsRocksStyleNew YorkLondonLos AngelesSouthernBohemian Author:Rob Sheffield
“CBGB represents a lot to New York City and to underground rock and to new wave and post-punk and whatever. But, you know, it's like tearing down the Jefferson Memorial or something.” KnowsCitiesRocksNew YorkWavePostsNew York CityPunkMemorialCbgbJefferson Memorial Author:Dave Grohl
“I really didn't know a lot of rock 'n' roll until I moved to L.A. Before that, when I was in New York, I grew up listening mostly to R&B and soul and jazz.” KnowsSoulRocksNew YorkListeningGrewGrew UpMovedJazzRock N Roll Author:Lenny Kravitz
“Feeling is taboo, especially in New York. I read in some little magazine the other day that The New Yorker and The New York Times were sclerotic, meaning, "completely turned to rock." The critics here are that way.” WayLittlesFeelingsRocksNew YorkCriticsMagazinesTabooNew York TimesNew Yorkers Author:James Purdy
“I really thought I wanted to be a musical-comedy star, but I lived in Phoenix and didn't want to go all the way to New York and be that far away from home. So I thought maybe I'd be a rock 'n' roll singer or an opera singer.” WayWantHomeWantedStarsComedyRocksNew YorkMusicalSingersOperaRock N RollFar AwayPhoenixAway From HomeOpera Singers Author:Sandra Bernhard
“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