“In New York and New England the sap starts up in the sugar maple the very day the bluebird arrives, and sugar-making begins forthwith. The bird is generally a mere disembodied voice; a rumor in the air for two or three days before it takes visible shape before you.” TwoThreeVoiceAirNew YorkShapesBirdEnglandMereVisibleSugarRumorNew EnglandSapMapleBluebird Book:The Art of Seeing Things: Essays Source: The Art of Seeing Things: Essays
“The New York voice reflects its diversity, its foreignness, and, inevitably, the sense of superiority New Yorkers feel or come to feel. It says, without saying, We Know.” KnowsFeelsVoiceNew YorkDiversitySuperiorityNew Yorkers Book:The New York I Know Source: The New York I Know
“All people talk of money sometimes, everywhere. But not for all people, everywhere, is money the addiction, the obsession, the stimulant, that it seems to be in New York. It is a large part of the clamor, and it is the voice - quite literally - of the man in the street.” PeopleMenSometimesSeemsVoiceStreetsNew YorkHe ManAddictionObsessionClamorStimulants Author:Marya Mannes
“I think God must have had something in mind for me that was not on my radar when I first started out in New York. Back then, doing animated voices meant your career was done - it was looked down upon.” ThinkingMindFirstsDoneVoiceCareersNew YorkAnimatedRadar Author:Jodi Benson
“I started writing it the day after Sept. 11. I was living in New York City. We didnt have any phone service and we didnt have any mail. Like a lot of writers do, I started to write in a voice that I missed.” WritingVoiceCitiesNew YorkPhonesNew York CityMailSept 11 Author:Kathryn Stockett
“Saw Torres play their first New York show tonight at Cake Shop. SO good. Do yourself a favor and check out her record. Her voice is KILLER.” FirstsPlayShowsVoiceRecordsSawsNew YorkFavorsChecksShopsTonightCakeKillersTorres Author:Sharon Van Etten
“When the New York Times revealed the warrantless surveillance of voice calls, in December 2005, the telephone companies got nervous.” VoiceCompanyNew YorkNervousTelephonesSurveillanceNew York TimesDecember Author:Barton Gellman
“It used to be trained professionals doing animation and they were great. Now they have celebrities and famous actors doing the voices, but that does not always work. But I think this film turned out really well, partly because the three of us (me, Ray and Denis) are comedians who are used to doing solo acts and doing certain types of voices. The three of us are New York guys, we all came up the same way in the profession and we are all edgy and enjoy doing family movies. It was a good combination I think.” ThinkingWayWellsDoeFilmUsedGuyCertainThreeActorsEnjoyVoiceNew YorkTypeProfessionUsed To BeCombinationComedianRaysSoloAnimationEdgyFamous Actor Author:John Leguizamo
“My whole family was - we grew up in New York, but all my relatives and all my father and stepfather's family, they were all from the South. So I like that old Black voice, and I love the sort of old Black man with a corncob pipe, sitting there telling a whopper.” MenWholeFatherBlackVoiceNew YorkGrewGrew UpSittingSouthPipeWhole FamilyStepfathers Author:James McBride
“The first ones I played were in New York at Joe's Pub; I played four shows, but I did something like 30 interviews and a couple radio shows in the mornings and completely blew out my voice. It kind of sucked.” FirstsKindShowsVoiceMorningFourNew YorkCoupleRadioInterviewsPubs Author:Hamilton Leithauser
“It's true you have to screen out a lot living in the city. I stayed away from New York for a long time after college, and when I was first back, I'd read The Village Voice and feel like I was having a panic attack.” FeelsFirstsLongVoiceCitiesNew YorkCollegeLong TimeScreensVillagePanicTrue YouPanic AttacksLiving In The City Author:Lynne Tillman
“When I was a junior in college I moved to New York and went to this performance school the Experimental Theatre Wing. We had singing class and again, some of the other students would cry when I was singing, and I really didn't know why. I started to realize that there was something in the tone of my voice that was evocative for them.” KnowsSchoolVoiceRealizingClassCryNew YorkStudentsCollegeSingingPerformancesMovedWingsTheatreToneJuniors Author:Antony Hegarty
“It used to be, if you wanted to have a strong, influential voice in the feminist movement, you really needed to be part of this New York/D.C. elite group of feminists, or part of a mainstream feminist organization. And now it's kind of an amazing thing that you can just start a blog and put your voice out there and build your readership.” IfsKindWantedUsedStrongVoiceGroupsNew YorkMovementNeededOrganizationFeministUsed To BeElitesMainstreamBlogsInfluentialAmazing ThingsReadershipFeminist Movement Author:Jessica Valenti
“I used to audition for musicals when I was in New York before I moved to L.A., but I couldn't quite hit a certain note, so I saw a teacher in L. A. who helped me get better at it. She showed me how to use a different part of my voice. You are never too old.” DifferentUseUsedCertainVoiceSawsTeacherNew YorkMovedNotesGet BetterAuditions Author:Missi Pyle