Town Quotes

I come from Main Street, from a small town that's really depressed.

I like things that are kind of eclectic, when one thing doesn't go with another. That's why I love Rome. The town itself is that way. It's where Fascist architecture meets classic Renaissance, where the ancient bangs up against the contemporary. It has a touch of everything. That's my style, and that's what my work is about.

So, for me the town hall meetings are really an opportunity to engage in two-way dialogue with people, and they've been very helpful.

I never dreamed about being an actor, because that was out of reach. Coming from a small town that was big in farming, and also big in clothing factories, you don't dream about being a professional football player or an actor.

What I would do is a 10-minute short of some kind on video, and if it's good enough, you get it passed around town and just get some attention, so then they'll read what you have.

We were fortunate to be there a day or two before "the big bang" and then we got the heck out of town.

The advice I have for new artists is this - write great songs and play them live as often as possible. Get residencies all over town and crush it.

There's so few people in this town with a conscience.

I read about eight newspapers in a day. When I'm in a town with only one newspaper, I read it eight times.

Returning to South Carolina meant getting a normal job in a normal town with normal people and marrying a normal person. I wanted the glamour and opportunity of the world.

Having Wayne in town will be exciting enough.

I met a lot of young girls modelling and they were like, 'Oh, I'm running around town and people are taking my picture', while I was saving receipts and learning how to be self-employed.

I grew up half the time in a small town called Mart, Texas, and half the time in L.A., because I was acting. My high school was crazy about football.

When I travel I normally eat club sandwiches or I bring my own food. When you go into a new town, it's very had to find a good place to eat.

I lived in town until I was eight and then I moved nearer the farmland, so I had a mixture.

I am also the product of a place called Paint Creek. Doesn't have a zip code. It's too small to be called a town along the rolling plains of Texas. We grew dryland cotton and wheat, and when I wasn't farming or attending Paint Creek Rural School, I was generally over at Troop 48 working on my Eagle Scout award.

I grew up all over Idaho - I was born in Emmett, a very small town.

We turned what is virtually a glorified independent label into one of the powerhouse labels in the town.

There are things about growing up in a small town that you can't necessarily quantify.

In New York it seems like there's no Monday or Saturday or Sunday. The town is always moving. The vibe is great.

I'm not a pretty boy who came to town and burst out of the gate, which is a good thing, because if I was, I probably wouldn't have been good enough then. I probably wouldn't have lasted. So I was very lucky not to be pretty.

I come from this really small town near Nashville, Tennessee, where everything was la-di-da and normal.

How can you wonder what's going to happen when you don't know who's going to be the new guy in town?

What kind of town do we want in the future, and how are we going to plan on that?

If you're interested or like it, but could be just as happy living in a regular town, having a regular job, maybe doing little theatre, you're better off and you'll be a happier person. This is too gut-wrenching and heartbreaking.

They look outside the windows of their apartment in town and realize they're not living in a terrace anymore. This is a room full of dreamers who like to go to London for a day.

I never thought about being on a series before. It seemed like such a big commitment. But I love going to work every day. This is not about ego, it's about work, and that's refreshing in this town.

One of the things that's great about New York is that it is not a one-industry town. It has education, academia, the service industry, arts, publishing, theater, politics, fashion, finance, as well as movie-making.

My mother was the prettiest woman in the town. He was a bit older than her. They made me. And he split.

Dad built houses and when they were sold, he moved on to a new town, so I know a lot about my native state.