East Quote by Drea De Matteo

I grew up in a quiet suburb in South Texas, and loved the in-your-faceness of the East Village. In the early days, when I…

— Amy Chozick

I was a farmer, a villager, and I was born to be such.

— Nadia Murad

I grew up on the West Coast during the '80s. But I wasn't a 'valley girl,' since I grew up in Norwalk, which was…

— Tiffany Darwish

I was born in the West Village in New York, and then when I was about four my family moved to what they joke…

— Peter Vack

I had a world of people raising me; it was like a little village.

— Gaby Hoffmann

I had a world of people who were raising me; it was like a little village.

— Gaby Hoffmann

I saw the Village as a place you could escape to, to express yourself. When I first went there, I wrote and performed poetry.…

— Richie Havens

I grew up in a mud house, in a small village.

— Ram Nath Kovind

Born in the Village. My mom still lives on Bleeker Street. I went to the performing arts high school.

— Hale Appleman

I grew up in a small town.

— Hope Jahren

I grew up in a really small town.

— Mike Patton

I grew up in the suburbs.

— Rosemarie DeWitt