I love bayou life.

“My heart yearned for the sleepy, little town of Green Bayou, the place I was born and raised.”

— Rhonda R. Dennis

Very little makes me feel vulnerable these days. I hit my absolute apex of vulnerability when I returned to my home state of Louisiana,…

— Ian Somerhalder

“The bayou certainly has a wild beauty of its own, although it is undoubtedly hostile to man,” Richard Duvall mused. “But then, many things…

— Lynn Morris

Silicon Bayou - aka Lafayette, LA - is the best kept secret reservoir of innovation mojo in America

— Todd Park

We have a slate of four films. From Karen Young - the USA bestselling author - we have Blood Bayou. Again, we're relying on…

— Drew Waters

Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans. When that's where you left your heart. The moonlight on the bayou a creole…

— Louis Armstrong

“The Caddo Bayou Marina.”

— Emily March

I have always wanted to see what the vibe was like and I was right It's on the Vermillion Bayou.

— Shelby Lynne

When you get into Louisiana, it really is like a different country in a lot of ways. The plants you see are a little…

— Sam Trammell

The opening novel of the 'Bayou Trilogy' was the first one I finished.

— Daniel Woodrell

I don't know if I would be doing what I do without 'Eve's Bayou,' and I don't know if I would have the career…

— Jurnee Smollett-Bell

The air smelled like Bayou Teche when it's spring and the fish are spawning among the water hyacinths and the frogs are throbbing in…

— Anonymous

Nor must Uncle Sam's Web-feet be forgotten. At all the watery margins they have been present. Not only on the deep sea, the broadbay,…

— Abraham Lincoln

There was really interesting work going on, for example, in the Mississippi bayou, where there were some really exemplary health centers that also became…

— Jill Stein

I just started calling myself 'Swamp A-.' Like, I have swamp a- right now. I had major swamp a- because I was wearing these…

— Jessica Simpson