Paris

I was a free man in Paris 

I felt unfettered and alive

There was nobody calling me up for favours

And no one's future to decide

You know I'd go back there tomorrow 

But for the work I've taken on 

Stoking the star maker machinery 

Behind the popular song.

(Free Man in Paris Joni Mitchell)

For a painter, the Mecca of the world, for study,for inspiration and for living is here on this star called Paris. Just look at it, no wonder so many artists have come here and called it home. Brother, if you can't paint in Paris, you'd better give up and marry the boss's daughter.

(Alan Jay Lerner)