“I've worked too long and too hard to play in some little joint for $65 a night, ... In New York, jazz fans support you. In Atlanta, unless you're booked in a club where folks can drive up to the front door, you're out of luck. If people have to look for parking, forget it.”
Nat King Cole
“I am a NEW YORKER which means i work full time and live my life part time”
Kenneth waters Jr
“Sooner or later they are going to live in a New York City where gay marriage is not only legal, but it's common and they don't even notice.”
Anthony Weiner
“Congratulations to each and every one of you for the concert last night in New York and vice versa.”
Eugene Ormandy
“When you're that young and you play with an orchestra -- I debuted with the New York Philharmonic -- they call you a prodigy and that name sticks with you even when you're 15 or 16. What I liked even then, though, was that the conductors treated me like a colleague, not like a 'prodigy,' ... Then, when I would be invited back, it became a wonderful cycle for me: I would create friends at these places, such as New York and Berlin, and they have watched me grow up.”
Sarah Chang
“There were wonderful sections of Winnipeg that you could play for New York easy.”
Patrick Swayze
“I want to play basketball in New York. I love New York and I believe New York loves me. I'm just going to continue to do what this man asking me to do.”
Stephon Marbury