London Quotes · Page 130

When I did it, I was a starving musician in London in a basement flat, but a simple tune with the right…

— Mick Ralphs

People who talk of the spread of music in England and the increasing love of it, rarely seem to know where the…

— Edward Elgar

I feel I'm fortunate compared with a lot of parents in being able to afford a nanny but, you know, it's expensive.…

— Liz Truss

When I had a proper job, I used to go every lunchtime to the Wallace Collection in London to look at the…

— Hugh Dennis

Folk music is where I come from originally. The very first thing that introduced me to playing guitars at all was skiffle…

— Bjorn Ulvaeus

I was brought up working class in east London with my own thoughts and my own beliefs and, when I began playing,…

— Chris Hughton

My administration will tackle these issues in consultation with the black communities of London.

— Ken Livingstone

I was born in London and raised in Rome until I was 4. Then we went back to London, where I went…

— Naomi Campbell

The point is [Donald] Trump goes way too far. He then demonizes Muslims - American Muslims. He wants to ban all Muslims…

— Hillary Clinton

“When you come to London, bring a lot of money, I'll get you a date! lololololol”

— Sienna McQuillen

Getting away from where you live and going to London is like the romantic ideal of ambition.

— Jonathan Bailey

In Bronxville, New York, we went to public school there, before London. Mother had a great belief in public school. She said…

— Jean Kennedy Smith

I started noticing how stained the pavements are in London. The pavements in Beverly Hills aren't used; in London, they're used for…

— Julie Christie

London's a great place to make music but it definitely has its downsides.

— Lola Young

I reached the point where I was getting arrested all the time in London. I couldn't walk down the street. London becomes…

— Pete Doherty

“I want my life to be the greatest story. My very existence will be the greatest poem. Watch me burn. Love always,…

— Charlotte Eriksson

Proportion ... You can't help thinking about it in these London streets, where it doesn't exist ... It's like listening to a…

— Aldous Huxley

An actor who knows his business ought to be able to make the London telephone directory sound enthralling.

— Donald Sinden

“I liked the idea of a person shedding their life, and someone else putting it on. -Oliver Harris on writing The Hollow…

— Oliver Harris

I remember, the first few years here, I didn't like London much: too big, too crowded, the physical difficulty of getting around.

— John Lanchester

I taught myself the first year course while I was on the dole, then moved to London to do an MA at…

— Deborah Smith

The fashions we call English in Paris are French in London, and vice versa. Franco-British hostility vanishes when it comes to questions…

— Honore de Balzac

One of the great things about making 'Reel History' was meeting British people from all over the class system. It made me…

— Melvyn Bragg

In real life, I'm afraid of heights - and people who get moral convictions... Adolf Hitler in London.

— Michael Caine

A lot of the early songs I wrote were about the experience of going to London and meeting rent boys and transvestites…

— Marc Almond