Career Quote by Jay McInerney

I came to New York after Bennington College and trained as a singer. I lived on the West Side and I went to my…

— Yasmin Aga Khan

I was born in a suburb outside of Philadelphia called Lower Merion. After taking many leaves of absence, I just received my BA from…

— Gideon Glick

I had started out my grown-up life in New York City, but I couldn't figure out how to be an actor there. And so…

— Michael Emerson

I just wanted to go to New York and be on Broadway, but then I was accepted by Juilliard, where they trained me in…

— Audra McDonald

I always considered myself a songwriter, but I didn't move to New York with plans of doing that; it just sort of happened. Everyone…

— Kevin Morby

I sang a lot in college - I was in a choral group in college. But, then, when I moved to New York, I…

— Callie Thorne

I think God must have had something in mind for me that was not on my radar when I first started out in New…

— Jodi Benson

I've been around many different lives, many different voices. It was amazing material for a writer.

— Dee Rees

I found my voice in books.

— James Earl Jones

My music career is why I moved to New York in the first place.

— Renee Rapp

I went to the London Academy Of Music and Dramatic Art and returned to New York where I started my career.

— David Naughton

It was hard for me to find my voice because I was, for so long, absorbed in my own world.

— Daniel Tammet