Music Quote by Edith Wharton

NYC is a wonderland full of passionate music fans. Once I got over being intimidated by rock critics and finicky hipsters, I realized that…

— Lou Barlow

“The city had seemed like a great place to discover who you are. It just seemed that there was a lot to experience here,…

— Sari Botton

“Conservatives cherished it for being small and inconvenient, and thus keeping out the "new people" whom New York was beginning to dread and yet…

— Edith Wharton

Whatever you are making, whether it's a song, an album, a painting, a film, you're connecting with a tradition, and I do feel connected…

— Rostam Batmanglij

“that was New York for you, always changing. New groups of people came in on a daily basis. Some people liked it, some people…

— Heather Graham

“I had never seen anything like New York, and its newness held the promise of my future: dense with the experience I craved -…

— Siri Hustvedt

“I was struck by how life moved so fast, almost cruelly, on Broadway. Fiorello! had fled the Broadhurst to make way for Sail Away…

— Frank Rich

What does New York sound like? For me, the Charlie Parker at the Royal Roost recordings on the Savoy label are the total embodiment…

— Henry Rollins

New York has inspired more remarkable music than any other city I can think of.

— Moby

“Give my regards to Broadway, Remember me to Herald Square, Tell all the gang at 42nd Street, That I will soon be there; Whisper…

— George M. Cohan

“Everyone loves New York City for all these different reasons. The culture. The mix of people. The pace. The food. But for me, it's…

— Gayle Forman

“To be young, naive, hungover, and lonely in New York City is a rotten thing. To be young, naive, hungover, lonely, and playing bass…

— Mishka Shubaly