“I know that doesn't sound very radical and webby of me to say that but I think the New York Times is important. I also think there's an occasional piece that will pop out.” ThinkingKnowsImportantLiteratureSoundPiecesNew YorkPopsRadicalOccasionalNew York Times Author:David Talbot
“A person who speaks good English in New York sounds like a foreigner.” PersonsSpeakSoundNew YorkForeigners Author:Jackie Mason
“In New York, you are forced into having very public lives and observing all types of people, what they sound like, what they're reading, what they smell like, what they are listening to, how they talk to their friends.” PeopleReadingSoundNew YorkListeningTypeSmellObservingPublic Life Author:Nick Kroll
“We have an expression in New York City government - "In God we trust, but for everyone else, bring data." It's so easy to pick up a sound byte and say, "Oh, yeah, yeah, I believe that," without really thinking.” ThinkingBelieveGovernmentI BelieveEasySoundCitiesNew YorkExpressionPicksYeahDataNew York CityGod We TrustCity Government Author:Michael Bloomberg
“Weekdays, New York City's financial district bustles with activity. Its streets are rivers of rushing humanity, its air is thick with the sounds of traffic.” HumanitySoundCitiesAirStreetsNew YorkActivityRiversFinancialNew York CityThickTrafficRushingBustleWeekdays Author:Jennifer Dunning
“The Assembly passed a budget that makes the right choices for young students across the state by helping schools avoid cutting essential educational programs, laying off teachers and increasing local property taxes. Without a sound investment in our children and their education, New York would face crumbling school buildings, overcrowded classrooms, and few opportunities to excel.” ChildrenStatesHelpingSchoolFacesYoungChoicesOpportunitySoundTeacherCuttingNew YorkStudentsBuildingTaxesEssentialsProgramOur ChildrenPropertyInvestmentEducationalLocalsBudgetsClassroomAssemblyRight ChoicesCrumblingMake The Right ChoiceYoung StudentsProperty TaxesEducational ProgramsSchool Buildings Author:Jose Peralta
“Being in L.A. has definitely given me the opportunity to experience how my music sounds in real life because I can drive around and listen to the mixes, which I couldnt do in New York. I get to feel how a song works in combination with a sunset and a drive through the mountains.” FeelsI CanRealSongOpportunityGivenSoundNew YorkMountainReal LifeCombinationSunsetBecause I Can Author:Dave Sitek
“I sound New York. I sound East Coast much more than a blonde person from L.A.” PersonsSoundNew YorkEastCoastBlondeEast Coast Author:Julie Kavner
“That could sound arrogant, I guess, but sometimes I feel like I have a bit of a Zelig thing. I'll blend in wherever. I'm from the South, so I'll have a Southern accent when I'm home. But if I'm up here in New York, I have a British accent.” IfsFeelsSometimesHomeBitsSoundNew YorkSouthBritishSouthernArrogantAccentsSouthern Accent Author:Michael Shannon
“The New York Times is reporting that back in the '60s, presidential candidate Howard Dean used a letter from a doctor about a back condition to keep himself out of the draft in Vietnam and then spent 10 months skiing. Well it sounds like he's done the impossible. He actually made Bill Clinton and George Bush look like war heroes.” WellsLooksMadeWarDoneUsedSoundImpossibleConditionsNew YorkMonthsHeroLettersDoctorsBillsClintonPresidentialCandidatesVietnamNew York TimesDeanSkiingPresidential CandidateWar Hero Author:Jay Leno
“I don't take so-called "vacations" often. In fact vacations are more stressful than the lives my wife and I worked hard to set up for ourselves in New York. It seems like being on vacation is like normal living, which is not very satisfying. It means we're figuring out what to make for lunch today, and that seems like such an absurd way to live. The issue of dealing with that doesn't seem to be so prominent back home. It sounds so silly and ridiculous, but it's really the way it is. We love what we do, so I prefer being in the studio; that's really living for me.” WayMeanHardFactsHomeSeemsTodaySoundIssuesWifeNew YorkNormalStudiosMy WifeRidiculousSillyAbsurdLunchSatisfyingVacationStressfulBack HomeWay To LiveProminentReally Living Author:Ryan McGinness
“I think it was the perfect gestation time for this particular piece [ Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song]. One of the songs that I considered talking about was "Manhattan," because it was chronicling the end of a long relationship that was part of the reason why I moved from Los Angeles to New York, which was such a life-changing decision. I don't regret that it's not in there, but that's one that I considered diving into, and I have little piecemeal snippets of writing about that floating around” ThinkingWritingLittlesLongEndsReasonSongSoundDecisionPerfectTalkingPiecesNew YorkParticularRegretMovedLike MeReason WhyLife ChangingLos AngelesFloatingManhattanDivingDon't RegretLong RelationshipGestation Author:Sara Bareilles
“In New York, I'm playing in a church, solo, doing instrumental stuff. There's talk of doing more, like, installation-type things with some of the specimen horns I've played through. Just filling a room in a museum with these horn-speaker sculptures and then making loops that run all day, and you walk around the room and sort of mix the sound by where you stand. That's all way in the future, but that kind of stuff is a different way of thinking about performing.” ThinkingWayKindDifferentRunningStuffSoundChurchWalksRoomsNew YorkTypePerformingDifferent WaysMuseumsSpeakersSoloSculptureFillingHornsWay Of ThinkingLoopsWhere You StandInstallation Author:Andrew Bird
“There's very little you're not exposed to in New York City, in terms of ideas and physical things - sights, sounds, smells, different kinds of people. But one good thing about growing up fast is you get over it fast, too.” PeopleKindLittlesIdeasDifferentSoundTermCitiesGrowing UpGrowingNew YorkSightGood ThingsSmellOver ItNew York CityExposedDifferent KindsGet OverPhysical Things Author:Olivia Thirlby
“You never know what you're in for when you take a role. When you're reading the script, you're in some café in New York and you're loving life and it sounds great because it's like reading a book. When you step into that book and you actually have to play it out, for real, it's a totally different ball game.” KnowsBookDifferentRealPlayReadingGamesSoundStepsRolesNew YorkBallsScriptsLoving LifeBall Games Author:Melissa George
“She [Joni Mitchell] wanted to have that (jazz) element in her music. Of course, when she heard Jaco's [Jaco Pastorius'] music and met him, that floored her -- really grabbed her. She decided that Wayne Shorter was really conducive to her music. She would speak metaphorically about things. "I want this to sound like a taxicab driver, or a taxi in New York," or "I want this to sound like a telephone ringing." She would speak to musicians like that, and we really tuned into what she would want our music to be.” WantWantedCoursesSpeakSoundHeardNew YorkMetsElementsMusicianDecidedJazzDriversTelephonesTaxiWayne Author:Don Alias
“Recording in Nashville was absolutely essential to get the sound, the musicians, the atmosphere, the warmth... There are just cult places like that in the world, like Chicago for the blues or New York for jazz. Nothing sounds the same in Nashville as it does elsewhere. Nashville is the Mecca of country music and everyone knows it.” KnowsWorldDoeCountrySoundNew YorkEssentialsMusicianJazzAtmosphereWarmthChicagoElsewhereCultNashvilleMecca Author:Roch Voisine
“I found so much fun in the light shows and the multimedia shows of the hippies. That was when I was a student in the 1960s, and I was in New York, so I learned how to deal with writing, recording sound of other people, performance art - because that was a new territory, and I liked everything that was new and provocative. That interested me more than becoming anything specific.” PeopleWritingArtShowsLightFoundFunSoundDealsNew YorkStudentsBecomingPerformancesTerritory1960sHippieProvocativePerformance ArtNew TerritoryMultimedia Author:Charlemagne Palestine
“I thought, "Wow, it sounds really stoned anyway." It sounded good to me. I found out that there was a lot in there. What all this comes down to is I was just trying to get in touch with myself. And I met some interesting people in New York who weren't in show business. I even got to know my dentist.” PeopleKnowsTryingShowsFoundSoundInterestingNew YorkMetsWowShow BusinessDentistSome Interesting Author:Iggy Pop
“Honestly, I'd love to think I was in a position where I had that decision. But last year I worked on a movie in Bulgaria, now I'm in New York or LA. It really sounds jet-setting when you say it, but there's lots of down-time where you wonder what you're doing or you wonder about life.” ThinkingYearsLastsSoundDecisionWonderNew YorkPositionHonestlySettingSettingsLast YearJetBulgariaDown Time Author:Sean Mahon
“I mean if it wasn't for Earl Scruggs, guys like me wouldn't be doing what we're doing. I mean, he's changed so many people's lives, honestly. I was thinking about all the thousands of people that live in Nashville, like myself, that there's no reason a guy from New York would end up down there if it wasn't for the sound of Earl Scruggs' banjo coming over the airwaves and just changing my life.” PeopleIfsThinkingMeanEndsReasonGuySoundNew YorkChangedHonestlyLike MeNo ReasonNashvilleChanging My LifeBanjos Author:Earl Scruggs
“In New York there used to be some very good clubs with amazing sound systems. Techno was part of the process.” UsedProcessSoundNew YorkVery GoodClubsUsed To BeTechnoSound Systems Author:Eric Ripert