I don't know what America would be without New Orleans and…

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

— Trombone Shorty

I've always loved New Orleans music. I always loved it when the Neville Brothers opened up for the Grateful Dead and the Dirty Dozen…

— Bill Kreutzmann

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

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

— Ellen DeGeneres

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

— Bill Kreutzmann

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

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

— Trombone Shorty

From the food to the Mardi Gras Indians to the brass bands and the second liners parading through the street, Jazz Fest presents New…

— Trombone Shorty

New Orleans made me who I am.

— Trombone Shorty

Music in New Orleans has always been the heartbeat that drives the city. It was that even before Katrina, and that's what we had…

— Trombone Shorty

That's the way New Orleans is. It's driven by the music.

— Trombone Shorty

New Orleans is like my blood; it's not going anywhere. And then I just take different things that I've learned over the years and…

— Trombone Shorty

Since I'm born here, my music will always have some New Orleans elements.

— Trombone Shorty

There's also the tradition of voodoo, the Haitian magic arts, in New Orleans. And because New Orleans is below sea level, when they bury…

— Sam Trammell

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

— Steve Lacy