My grandfather was a cop in Long Island. I often try to draw on things that I've heard about him. Yancy Butler
You know, growing up, I lived in a neighborhood in Long Island where there was basically one black family. And I remember hearing all the parents and the kids in the neighborhood say racist things about this family. Lorraine Bracco
Gleason used to rack balls for me when he was a kid in Brooklyn and in Long Island. Minnesota Fats
Indeed, most magicians catch the bug as kids. My first audience was my family in Long Island. My first 'assistant' was my mother, whom I levitated on a broom in our living room. Criss Angel
I stayed with them for about a year up there and, at night, worked over in Long Island at a club called The High Hat Club which was like a pseudo jazz / blues place. William Bell