Always Quote by Chad Gilbert

New Jersey was like home for me the first time I was there.

— Tiffany Darwish

When I was growing up, it was a lot of punk and hardcore music going on in legion halls and firehouses, and we'd play…

— Jack Antonoff

My first show was at my friend Corey Petrick's basement in Bucks County, PA.

— Joshua Ostrander

The first show we ever played was at my church.

— Brendon Urie

When I was growing up in New Jersey, my mom would regularly take my sister and I into the city to see shows. I…

— Trey Anastasio

I played the Holiday Motel on the circle in 1970. I know the Jersey Shore.

— Frank Vincent

Since I got to the big leagues, there's been a whole lot of Direct-TV sold in Jamestown. People like to keep up with the…

— Darin Erstad

When I grew up, we played in vacant lots.

— Archie Manning

I worked at the Northlight Theater in Skokie, and the Mercury Theater on South Port. I actually did a show there for three years,…

— Nico Tortorella

I played for the Long Island Panthers growing up, and we played in all the boroughs.

— Danny Green

I had the house rhythm section at a club called the Sundown in Hartford. Stan Getz came up and played with us.

— Horace Silver

We just weren't a family that gathered around the TV. I grew up in a town where everyone was outside all the time. I…

— Christopher Abbott