--- title: "8 Bowery Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Bowery quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Bowery sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/479/stephen-sprouse-33180_art_then-i-moved-down-to-the-bowery-to-this_336662.png" --- > [Then I moved down to the Bowery to this building where Debbie Harry lived. It was there that I started combining some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-sprouse/then-i-moved-down-to-the-bowery-to-this-building-where-debbie-harry/) [Stephen Sprouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-sprouse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/479/stephen-sprouse-33180_art_then-i-moved-down-to-the-bowery-to-this_336662.png) > [The Bowery Hotel is always a great place to meet people for drinks. It's so cozy in there, especially in the late…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ari-graynor/the-bowery-hotel-is-always-a-great-place-to-meet-people-for-drinks-it/) [Ari Graynor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ari-graynor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a89/ari-graynor-3380_fall-and-winter_the-bowery-hotel-is-always-a-great-place_944379.jpg) > [I'm not a nice girl; I'm a photographer. (On being told by a Federal Art Project official, after she photographed the Bowery,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/berenice-abbott/i-m-not-a-nice-girl-i-m-a-photographer-on-being-told-by-a-federal-art/) [Berenice Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/berenice-abbott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c3/berenice-abbott-14021_art_i-m-not-a-nice-girl-i-m-a-photographer-o_1688758.png) > [I love the Bowery Hotel by night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corinne-bailey-rae/i-love-the-bowery-hotel-by-night/) [Corinne Bailey Rae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corinne-bailey-rae/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/740/corinne-bailey-rae-4358_hotel_i-love-the-bowery-hotel-by-night-2080843_2080843.png) > [“but the Bowery does not think of itself as lost; it meets its peculiar problem in its own way—plenty of gin mills,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-b-white-2/but-the-bowery-does-not-think-of-itself-as-lost-it-meets-its-peculiar/) [E.B. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-b-white-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/096/e-b-white-2-8829_quote_but-the-bowery-does-not-think-of-itself_2234368.jpg) > [The Bowery was a place that would let us do original songs - not just covers - but we would have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-owen/the-bowery-was-a-place-that-would-let-us-do-original-songs-not-just/) [Randy Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/279/randy-owen-42763_audience_the-bowery-was-a-place-that-would-let-us_2651571.jpg) > [MEDICINE, n. A stone flung down the Bowery to kill a dog in Broadway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/medicine-n-a-stone-flung-down-the-bowery-to-kill-a-dog-in-broadway/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/106/ambrose-bierce-140_animal_medicine-n-a-stone-flung-down-the-bowery_2919291.jpg) > [The Bowery station on the J line is what happens to a neighborhood once politicians realize the people who live there don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-vachss/the-bowery-station-on-the-j-line-is-what-happens-to-a-neighborhood/) [Andrew Vachss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-vachss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/andrew-vachss-8127_lines_the-bowery-station-on-the-j-line-is-what_3023317.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bowery/#itemlist", "name": "Bowery Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Then I moved down to the Bowery to this building where Debbie Harry lived. 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