I've always loved New Orleans music. I always loved it…

I don't know what America would be without New Orleans and the music.

— Trombone Shorty

My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument.

— Bill Kreutzmann

I grew up listening to the Neville Brothers and the Rebirth Brass Band.

— Trombone Shorty

I remember opening for the Neville Brothers when we were in our 20s. Art Neville played only a cowbell. We were amazed how he…

— John Popper

I didn't play after the Grateful Dead stopped playing. I didn't touch anything for three or four months, and I just got pretty crazy.

— Bill Kreutzmann

Well, to tell you the straight honest truth, it was like a Grateful Dead cover band. I didn't feel - and nothing against the…

— Bill Kreutzmann

My father's record collection was full of New Orleans music of all kinds. I used to listen to the radio in New York, and…

— Madeleine Peyroux

I started in New Orleans music and played all through the history of jazz.

— Steve Lacy

All New Orleans music is based off dance music, even jazz.

— Trombone Shorty

I like New Orleans music, I like Memphis music and I like the way that the sound like those places. I like how there…

— Joel Plaskett

My music is homegrown from the garden of New Orleans. Music is everything to me short of breathing. Music also has a role to…

— Allen Toussaint

I just want to spearhead and lead a new style of New Orleans music.

— Trombone Shorty

What's New Orleans without music? And what's music without dancing?

— Ellen DeGeneres

I know about Woodstock probably as much as your average person who is over 30, where I'd know Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead.

— Demetri Martin

The Grateful Dead are faster than light drive.

— Ken Kesey