Activity Quote by Al Kooper

Alan's publishing company was in the Brill Building, and of course, the Brill Building was where all the songwriters hung out because that's where…

— Johnny Rivers

Every single tune you know from the 1940s until the 1970s was written, arranged, and demoed in the Brill Building. OK, maybe not every…

— Shawn Amos

“The very first hit factory was T.B. Harms, a Tin Pan Alley publishing company overseen by Max Dreyfus. With staff writers like Jerome Kern,…

— John Seabrook

There's not one Tin Pan Alley song on my record.

— Branford Marsalis

I just love that whole Brill Building era. I will always regret not being there. That's where I belong.

— Steven Van Zandt

The words to country songs are very earthy like the blues. They're not as dressed up and the people are very honest and say,…

— Ray Charles

“How strange it was that the music people favored defined them in so many ways—what they liked, what they rejected, what stuck with them…

— Ken Goldstein

Back then, the business depended on bohemians. ... They needed Kristofferson and Roger Miller ..It was the tail end of something...the last Tin Pan…

— Steve Earle

“On the whole I try to keep Modesty and Willie in timeless settings, which is why I avoid all the latest slang and in-words.…

— Peter O'Donnell

It's 2013 ... The Time's obituary for Yvonne Brill, renowned rocket scientist, winner of the National Medal of Technology and Innovations, leads with, 'She…

— Deborah Copaken

It is becoming increasingly difficult to decide where jazz starts or where it stops, where Tin Pan Alley begins and jazz ends, or even…

— Duke Ellington

I fell in love with the idea of writing songs when I was a child. I thought I was going to be a journalist…

— Leslie Bricusse