Album Quote by Lana Del Rey

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

— Moby

I always found very strong images for my songwriting in New York.

— Neneh Cherry

New York is the place that made my and other artists' dreams come true by giving us a chance to realise our ideas and…

— Yayoi Kusama

New York is an incredible place to be an artist, because there are so many incredible people, and... it's all about the people that…

— Dustin Yellin

Growing up so close to New York City, I always loved going to the city, but I'd be disappointed because songs about New York…

— Grace VanderWaal

Writing songs about it is a really useful way for me to love New York more, and stay observing it, and not just zone…

— Frankie Cosmos

My first album was called Seven Waves, and was directly inspired by the ocean, and the ocean has been a leitmotif in my music.…

— Suzanne Ciani

I'm a kid from New York, so urban life reflected into art and music was around me and accessible and tangible.

— Zoe Saldana

It's great that New York has large spaces for art. But the enormous immaculate box has become a dated, even oppressive place. Many of…

— Jerry Saltz

I was also always interested in the aesthetic realm - architecture and that kind of stuff - but music was my first love.

— St. Lucia

New York has influenced me a lot in terms of my own independence. I'm really struck by the idea of authenticity, and I think…

— Paloma Elsesser

You can take a picture of New York and one person looking at it will think it looks really depressing, frightening; and someone else…

— Elliott Smith