Cultural Scene Quotes

Over the years, I've spent a lot of time in Washington. It's a great theater town.

We've never adopted Americanisms. We are a very British band from a very British cultural scene. We fly that flag and that is something I enjoy.

Before signing with Liverpool, I talked to Roberto Firmino about what the club is like and what the city is like. He spoke well of the club and the city and other people who have already visited the city. The information only gave me more motivation to come to Liverpool.

If you don't see culture in Los Angeles, you're simply not looking.

People don't live in Austin to work, they work to live there.

The environment of San Francisco has so much history to it that I really appreciate. Musically, socially, and culturally. There's this new culture of people; it's a crazy place to be.

A lot of the vibe in London is being sucked dry because of the economic situation. It's very expensive, and it gives you nothing back. New York still feels like there's stuff going on. People are struggling to create art. There's still a vibe.

I cycled when I was at high school, then reconnected with bikes in New York in the late '70s. It was a good way of getting around the clubs and galleries of the Lower East Side and Soho.

I like Detroit a lot.

I stopped drinking and realised New York still has a lot of charm, but it has become so bourgeois and affluent - and I can't really complain because I'm sort of bourgeois and affluent myself, but I like living in a place where artists and musicians and writers can actually pay the rent.

There's a lot of theaters in New York. You can always go out and be around a lot of like-minded comedians.

I live part of the time in Oxford, and I love it.

I was surprised by how much I loved Portland. It is so wonderfully creative without being artsy. Great food scene.

There is a very vibrant cultural scene in Stockholm. There are lots of places where there are concerts, and there are loads of museums and theaters.

I grew up in the West End, so my whole background was living among theatres and musicals and the West End's coffee bars and clubs. It's kind of obvious that one day I should do something like that.

Our theaters, our museums, our culture. We have everything New York has without the hassles.

There's a lot of freedom for me living in L.A.

The art world is filled with vibrancy.

Chicago's like Melbourne - there's a city center, there's public transport, and there's more of a cultural scene.

There is not much sun, but I didn't move to Manchester to go to the beach.

We both grew up in the atmosphere of struggle, both Ossie and me, ... I come out of Harlem and Harlem comes out of me - wailing police sirens and street parties, rumors and landlords, that cultural, spiritual scene. And Ossie came up from the South, where struggle and dying were part of everyday life. That is who we are.

It's hard for it to make a mark in this city because London has so much culture to offer.

While Melbourne and Sydney fight about who wears Australia's cultural crown, Canberra just gets on with it.

The lifestyle of Vancouver does seem to really draw me towards there.

There are many cultural scenes in Lahore, just as there are in London. And there is a celebrity culture here, just as there is in London. But in Lahore, the celebrity scene doesn't drown out the rest quite so much.