Across Quote by Mark Morris

The West Coast really allows you to understand who you are. You come across so many talented people you have to look back at…

— Masego

I think something I explore a little bit in my music is how there's this majestic, natural beauty in the Pacific Northwest, but also…

— Michelle Zauner

“a west coast feels like home. I use the ocean to orient myself, finding north with the water to my left and telling time…

— Shannon Leone Fowler

I don't think that most of my peers in rock criticism are from the West Coast. I think most of them are from the…

— Robert Christgau

I'm from Miami, and the Pacific Northwest is just, the visualness of it, was so extremely different than Miami, where I came from... Flat…

— Kelly Reichardt

“Thus mysterious divine Pacific zones the world's whole bulk about; makes all coasts one Bay to it; seems heart-beating heart of earth.”

— Herman Melville

Maybe there are some traditional things, but they are more about the way the West packages the East.

— Massimiliano Gioni

On the East Coast, people try to make life interesting. On the West Coast, they try to make it comfortable. The emphasis here is…

— Al Seckel

In the Navy, you're around a lot of people from different parts of the country. They've got different accents, different upbringings. I learned to…

— Charlie Murphy

There's something about the West Coast. The air is lighter. The vibe is chill.

— Matthew Ramsey

A lot of people from the Bay, especially musicians, feel like northern California is not the place where everything's poppin' off and not quite…

— Ricky Reed

I'm so much more of an East Coast girl than a West Coast girl.

— Lexa Doig