In June 2002, I had just finished 'Laurel Canyon' and decided to move back to Los Angeles after nearly a decade in New York. Post-9/11 New York felt different.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
After Sept. 11, New York wasn't the same, and that's part of the reason why I left.
I always love going back to Los Angeles, because it was my home for 24 years, and I have many friends there.
I always intended to move back to New York when I was first there.
I moved to New York first and was really apprehensive about moving to L.A., but I really, really like it.
I was desperate to go back to New York and when 9/11 happened, I feared moving to the bulls-eye and that was very hard because I have a lot of family there and I really had to question what I didn't like about this community.
When I first moved to Los Angeles, I had a really bad run. I would sleep in my car during the day outside the Disney building in Burbank, and that's where I got my first job, which is really weird. I liked to stay around the studios and kind of get the good vibes going.
I did live in New York. Yeah, I moved to L.A. for 'Community.' And I gave up my apartment in New York.
Living in New York for 10 months was incredible; it was everything I thought it was going to be and more.
I think me leaving Detroit shaped my style. Me leaving, going to New York, going to L.A. and seeing what they were doing there. I think that inspired me more than what people were doing back home.
I moved to Los Angeles when I was about 20, all by myself. It was exciting. I had this moment when I felt like I needed to put on my big-boy pants and just make that leap to see what would happen.
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