Greenwich Village Quotes
Echoes of folk music's most storied neighborhood.
Greenwich Village has long drawn musicians and characters looking to be heard, and these quotes capture that history, from folk performers testing new material to the neighborhood's beatnik-era legends. See our Art quotes for more.
Celebrated in the Bob Dylan ballad 'Joey,' Crazy Joe Gallo was a charismatic beatnik gangster whose forays into Greenwich Village in the 1960s inspired his bloody revolution against the Mafia.
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So I played the acoustic guitar and harmonica and stomped my foot and I think I was right in assuming that Greenwich Village would be the best place to perform my own material and possibly get some attention, move on...
But in my imagination this whole thing developed and I started mixing up old folk songs with the Beatles beat and taking them down to Greenwich Village and playing them for the people there.
Art Quotes
My art teacher in junior high was a very out gay man and a mentor to me. He would tell us about Greenwich Village and show us the 'Village Voice' and describe his life, but it was all sort of...
I did not have a mobile phone in 1993. No one did, except the occasional banker or Hollywood star seeming smart, or the main character in 'American Psycho.' In 1993, every day was 'let's get lost.' I could walk Greenwich...
I live in Greenwich Village in New York City, but I rarely write at home, where there's too much else to do.
My look was even more solidified when I started singing in Greenwich Village with my sister Lucy. We wore matching dresses as the Simon Sisters.
I never even went to Jekyll & Hyde's restaurant. I loved the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade, though.
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Whether recalling a first acoustic set on its streets or the ballad-worthy figures who once walked them, these quotes honor the Village's creative pull. Explore Culture quotes and Expression quotes for more.
