Phife Dawg Quotes

The first time that I came to New York to work properly was the mid-'80s, but I was doing eight shows a week. You have no life. Going to a punk rock club - or whatever the music was at that time - would not have been on my agenda.

There are so many things to do in New York. I try to get to the theater and see some plays. I have a bicycle over here, and I ride around New York.

I like watching sports, you know, all sorts of stuff.

New York City is my playground.

I really want to do a book on the history of the no-wave music scene in New York, how it extended out and formed lots of other things. It was such a great visual culture.

I spent most of my youth in Manchester, in clubs and football grounds and the Manchester Apollo.

'Law & Order' was so very interesting to me because what I got to do was explore New York along with getting to work with some of the best actors New York City had to offer.

The Bronx is famous for two things. Hip-hop, and 26 world championships.

Harlem's Apollo is probably the most well-known music hall in the world.

I have zero interest in sports of any kind - professional, college or international.

I go to New York to see live shows, not movies.

I started out doing theater in N.Y.C.

When I was 16, I was in Boston and some friends said, 'You want to go to New York?,' I went with my roommate... These guys said, 'We're going to this club. Just don't go in the washroom.' It was CBGB. I had no idea what it was or the history of all the music. All I knew was this was my first 21-and-over club and I managed to get in!

I spend a lot of time in California, but New York is still my main home. I go to see a lot of theater.

I love to play games. I really like football, and I also like to ride horses.

In cities like New York and Austin, there's much more of a social context for music than in other places.

I have been to the theater more since I have lived in New York than I ever really did in London working on a television show.

I was born and raised in Queens and moved into the city as a young adult. Then I ended up acting and decided to run off to California.

I've always liked New York, as I like towns with an edge and New York has a European feel, so when I came to play music here in the '80s it was a surprise to me.

You're surrounded by electronic music in New York. I mean New York is one of the few places in North America where electronic music is the prevalent form.

It's a nice neighborhood, like the one I left. My home borough is Brooklyn and Queens.

I used to perform all the time but I haven't performed in New York in a very long time.

People don't come to New York to ski. They cone for the arts.

When I was young, football and theatre were the only places I was happy. I remember school as just what happened in between the things that I liked.

The theater is my power center, and I love doing it in New York.