Exploring a New City Quotes

When I was 21, I went to London and lived there for eight years.

The first time I came to London on my own, I was 15. I was absolutely oblivious to so many things. I had no expectations, no fears. I just came to do a National Youth Theatre season one summer. It was just brilliant.

When I came to New York it was the first time I'd ever taken a plane, the first time I'd ever gotten a taxi-cab, the first time for everything. And I came here with 35 dollars in my pocket. It was the bravest thing I'd ever done.

I think that I was lucky to have that period of time [ like coming to New York] because everything was so exciting and new.

People who move to New York always the same mistake. They can't see the place.

I left for Madrid at 20 years old and I didn't really know how it would go.

Being in a new city with a toddler can be a bit of a challenge.

Although I'm not from London originally: I moved down here when I was 16, so it's played a part in my life. It's where I've lived for all that time.

Moving to Fleetwood was a shock to the system at first. I'd never been at a full-time club.

I moved to Los Angeles in January 2004 because a buddy of mine, who I met at a friend's wedding, said he could get me a room in his apartment for $500 a month. I took it thinking that it would probably only be about six months before I moved back to Chicago, but I fell in love with it.

To fly into Moscow was a joy. I was trying to understand what people were thinking and how to earn money. In the end, I stayed.

When I went to Munich, I was perhaps a little too young.

Well, I moved to Washington, D.C. when I was just fresh out of college.

It definitely took me a while to adjust to L.A. I came out knowing nobody, and I'd never lived away from home before.

My school trip to Jaipur was the most memorable one as I tried many things for the first time.

By the time I graduated from high school in Vancouver, I already had a whole support network set up for me in Los Angeles, so I just moved down.

Suddenly, Dallas has become a big part of my life, and now I feel like I'm part of the fabric of the community here.

I will not lie. When I first came to Manchester City, I felt lost about everything.

I have adapted well in Liverpool.

I begged my parents to let me go to LA for three months just to try it out. Three months turned into five years.

I'm a Jersey girl, but I went to college in L.A. I can connect with the feeling of wanting to come home.

When I first moved to Los Angeles, I was staying with a friend of a friend of a friend up in the Hollywood Hills. I was in this tiny little closest paying $400 a month in this beautiful house.