Art Quote by Bebe Buell

Artists were nurtured back in the '70s. Their music was developed by the record companies.

— Gary Wright

When I first came to New York, in the '70s, artists were certainly divided about the Andy Warhol persona, and about the work. I…

— Laurie Simmons

Coming from Britain, I was terrified of meeting all these other artists, because artists over there tend to fight with each other a lot,…

— Thom Yorke

The most significant New York club for me was Paradise Garage, where they played house music. This was around '84 or '85.

— Boy George

It was the glitter days, and the New York Dolls and Kiss would come play at the Coventry, all those bands would come in…

— Joey Ramone

I'm a big fan of '70s records where artists could draw on whatever influences they wanted.

— Deana Carter

It was a really interesting time in New York in the late 70s and early 80s, and the music scene was really, really interesting…

— Jim Jarmusch

In the neighborhood that I grew up in - in New York on Long Island - there were a lot of musicians. For some…

— John Petrucci

I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder…

— Jay-Z

That era in the late '80s through the '90s was really when the music was so new, fresh, energetic, but still creative. It hadn't…

— Terry Gross

In the early eighties, there were a lot of artists involved with the music scene. All those young artists, before their careers took off,…

— Kim Gordon

The band couldn't have happened anywhere else in the world but New York. That was the catalyst.

— Jan Hammer