#greenwich village

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 subversive and below the radar. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#art #below #describe #gay #greenwich

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 to making records and all. ↗

— Steve Forbert

#acoustic guitar #assuming #attention #best #foot

My background did not start with the East Side; it started with Greenwich Village, which is West Side. ↗

— Gregory Corso

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Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful portraits that may still hang in Greenwich Village. ↗

— David Amram

#black #black and white #did #gorgeous #greenwich

This is unexposed film of Greenwich Village because nothing ever happens there. ↗

— Weegee

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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. ↗

— Carly Simon

#even #greenwich #greenwich village #i #look

I grew up in Greenwich Village. Dad was friends with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. ↗

— Yancy Butler

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Now, twenty years old, I come out and I go back to Greenwich Village. Now, of course, I'm a wealthy man. ↗

— Gregory Corso

#come #course #go #greenwich #greenwich village

My father took me back home, back to Greenwich Village, and he thought by taking me out of the orphanage he'd be out of the World War too. But no way - they got him anyway. He went in the Navy and then I lived on the streets. ↗

— Gregory Corso

#back #father #got #greenwich #greenwich village

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. ↗

— Roger McGuinn

#beatles #developed #down #folk #folk songs