Cold Quote by Bryson Tiller

I released a song called 'Let Em Know' off SoundCloud, and some fan commented on it and was like, 'Trap soul movement,' and I…

— Bryson Tiller

Then, on my way to California, I decided to stop in New York to do some research. I couldn't leave, because that's where the…

— Don Alias

I found New York too... 'vertical,' closed off, I didn't feel the muse like I did in L.A. Maybe it's the weather?

— LP

No part of Manhattan these days really has the same vibe I get from a Ramones song or a Velvet Underground song.

— Ezra Koenig

I just don't think many people would have crossed the street to hear me doing a hip hop-influenced album!

— Michael McDonald

I moved to New York to pursue music.

— Sharon Van Etten

To know that I was being heard on the radio, it made me feel as if I was, I guess, spread across New York.…

— Rakim

I left my rhythm back in Denver.

— Paul Millsap

I lived in Brooklyn for a year and I moved out to Rockaway Beach. I've been living here for two years now. I put…

— Mac DeMarco

I started gravitating towards Soundcloud. So, that was my hustle and then I met my manager Justin in 2012 and we were just grinding…

— Ari Lennox

Moving to New York City and playing and listening with the wonderful music community that we have here has really been the guiding force…

— Sunny Ozell

I don't know, my music has always just come from where the wind blew me. Like where I'm at during a particular moment in…

— Tom Petty