Jake Shears Quotes

Never lived in L.A. I've always done the New York thing.

I would come to L.A. for a job, but I love New York.

I love New York. I love L.A. too. I love both places.

L.A.'s pretty great, man. But I'll be very honest - I prefer New York. It's more my speed.

I grew up in the streets of San Diego, and I love this city dearly. I love this city. San Diego is my home. Even though I represent Los Angeles, this is my home.

As a New Yorker, I'm someone who lives on an island and looks across to America.

I grew up in New York.

Yes, I'm a New Yorker, born and bred. While I'm not quite the L.A. snob that Woody Allen is, I do find myself happier in New York.

I would like to live in New York - it is my favourite city; I love it.

I've lived my entire life in New York, and it informs everything.

New York is great, but I miss L.A. - I feel like there was something exotic about L.A. that I kind of underestimated at the time. It was very unfamiliar to me.

I don't love L.A. I love New York and Minneapolis, so if I have a choice I'll stay in those places.

I love Brooklyn; it's a part of who you are.

Chicago is seriously my favorite city in the country. People have roots here, which is nice. When you go to Los Angeles, no one is actually from Los Angeles.

I grew up in New York City, and I'm a city boy, born and bred.

I've actually enjoyed my time in L.A. more than a New Yorker is supposed to.

New York is my home. L.A. is my work.

If I could live anywhere else in the world, I would probably want a place back in New York.

I really would move to L.A. I'm thinking so hard about it. Like, I wanna move to L.A., but I'm such a New York City girl - the fast life, the runways on the street - but I love L.A.'s vibe, so I would move here, but I'm still thinking about it!

It was always my dream to live in New York.

Ive got a lot of friends there and there is stuff to do but as much as I dislike LA I really like living and working in New York City.

In New York you've got to have all the luck.

I love New York, but it's a rough city. It's not dangerous now the way it was in the 70's or the 80's, but it's still a rough city. It's hard to hack it there. Life is harder than it is on the West Coast. To be able to deal with that, you have to have a lot of aspirational feelings pinned on being there.

I live mostly in New York, but I teach in both New York and L.A.

Well, there's nothing strange about Americans as a whole. But, Angelinos are different!