Kamasi Washington Quotes

Any New York group can come to L.A. and sell out every show, but an L.A. group who goes to New York might not do the same because the audience hasn't been introduced to the group.

New Yorkers think they have everything, all the best art and music. But really L.A. is a better place.

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

Why is it forbidden in New York to acknowledge the charm and beauty of Los Angeles?

I live in New York, and I love New York as well, but I think Los Angeles is a place where if you have the right person with you, there are all these little worlds that you would never guess by just looking at the exterior of what the city is.

I don't normally take to Yorkshiremen.

L.A. is always great. There's something special about L.A. And New York, for me, because it's home. There's nothing quite like walking onstage at Madison Square Garden.

I've spent a lot of time in L.A. and I love it. A lot of Brits can't stand the place, but I like the West Coast attitude and the way people celebrate success.

On my best day, I cannot do Scottish people. I don't even believe that's a real accent, to be honest with you. I think they probably sound like us when they're in the house. It's how they keep people away from them.

There's a ton of stories that can come out of L.A. I actually think that even though I enjoy being in New York more, I think that L.A. is a really fascinating place.

I did live in New York. Yeah, I moved to L.A. for 'Community.' And I gave up my apartment in New York.

Coming from New York, you're kind of indoctrinated with anti-L.A. sentiment, but California is just a really dope state.

I'm from Minneapolis, Minnesota. I moved to L.A. in 1997.

New York is always claiming East, and Los Angeles is always claiming West. It's in everything: acting, hip-hop, sports. But I love it. That rivalry makes you work harder.

Don't you see the rest of the country looks upon New York like we're left-wing, communist, Jewish, homosexual pornographers? I think of us that way sometimes and I live here.

My sense of Los Angeles was very New York provincial, as in 'all those people are crazy out there' (which they are), and stupid (which they're not), and immoral (it's more interesting than that).

I really, really like Los Angeles.

I am in love with Los Angeles.

I mostly get noticed in shopping malls, airports, red states. The Cheesecake Factory. I am more likely to get stopped in San Antonio or Oakland than in New York or L.A.

I want to pay homage to Los Angeles.

I was born and raised in Los Angeles.

I'm from Los Angeles. I grew up on the west side. I went to Pali High, Paul Revere, Country Canyon.

My children and I were all born in Los Angeles.

I was born in L.A. In Santa Monica, actually.

We just weren't a hip band. I mean we recorded our second album in Bath at a time when everyone else was recording in New York or Los Angeles.