I want to continue to stay plugged into New Orleans and help people who are still struggling with the recovery here, and… — Ray Nagin Copy Share Image
I've lived in N.Y. and L.A. for many years, but I still gravitate to New Orleans - it's so unique and so… — Bryan Batt Copy Share Image
Times are not good here. The city is crumbling into ashes. It has been buried under taxes and frauds and maladministrations so… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
Like Venice, Italy, New Orleans is a cultural treasure. And everyone who lived in the city should be allowed to come back.… — Ed McMahon Copy Share Image
I went to New Orleans for the first time for Wild at Heart, and I kept going back to make more movies… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as 'sissy bounce.' We don't separate it here in New Orleans at all. It's just bounce music. Just… — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
“can’t say I mourned my failure overmuch, as it meant I’d get a free trip to New Orleans out of it, and… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
I grew up in New Orleans. I had just moved into my dorm at the University of New Orleans, and I was… — Frank Ocean Copy Share Image
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The murder rate in Chicago is skyrocketing, and you see who's doing it and perpetrating it - they all look like Chief… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
“[New Orleans.] Katrina changed everything. Life here is different, every face altered. Yet we feel and sense the landscape not only in… — T.J. Fisher Copy Share Image
My wife is from Laurel, Mississippi, and she has a lot of relatives down in Louisiana, Baton Rouge, and Shreveport, Louisiana. We… — Charlie Day Copy Share Image
In America, there might be better gastronomic destinations than New Orleans, but there is no place more uniquely wonderful. ... With the… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
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Al Gore has a hit movie called 'An Inconvenient Truth.' I have an inconvenient truth for him: you're still not the president.… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
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Beale Street is a very famous street in the history of America. You know, American music in particular. From the blues to… — Ron Cephas Jones Copy Share Image
New Orleans is of such key importance to American music because historical factors combined to make it the strongest center of African… — Ned Sublette Copy Share Image
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The time after college and before music was really rough. I couldn't afford food. I was eating bread and butter for five… — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
Just being from Louisiana, being from the southern part of Louisiana, Metairie, close to New Orleans and growing up in St. Rose.… — Ed Reed Copy Share Image
Here in New Orleans, what a lot of the musical families do - and this is a romantic concept on my part… — Dave Pirner Copy Share Image
I owe Bum Phillips a huge tip of the 10-gallon hat. He had patience with me when I started my NFL career… — Morten Andersen Copy Share Image
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Eighty-five percent of us in this country, by the way, live in coastal areas, so again, Katrina and Rita were not just… — Mitch Landrieu Copy Share Image
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If our government won't spend the money to protect New Orleans sufficiently today, what are the chances we will spend the money… — Joseph J. Romm Copy Share Image
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I certainly wanted to write a book that was honest about New Orleans without explaining it to death, so much so that… — Poppy Z. Brite Copy Share Image
Gluttony is harder than it looks. It's listed as a sin, as something you give in to, when really it's a skill,… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
You're from Louisiana - you're playing for Louisiana, man. You get so much love from everybody, especially from New Orleans, my city.… — Leonard Fournette Copy Share Image
“[The] object of politics is to relieve the distress of the people and to provide for their future comfort. -- JAMES LONGSTREET,… — Elizabeth Varon Copy Share Image
I love what I'm seeing out there with Pro Wrestling Syndicate, Northeast Wrestling, Big Time Wrestling, and WildKat in New Orleans. There… — Booker T Copy Share Image
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