New Orleans is gumbo. You get so man types of things... jazz, folk, Zydeco. — Luke James Copy Share Image
Since I'm born here, my music will always have some New Orleans elements. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
New Orleans is a city of paradox. Sin, salvation, sex, sanctification, so intertwined yet so separate. — Harry Connick, Jr Copy Share Image
New Orleans has a real spirit. It's the most authentic of all American cities. — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
There is no other place on earth even remotely like New Orleans. Don't even try to compare it to anywhere else. — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
“People don't live in New Orleans because it is easy. They live here because they are incapable of living anywhere else in… — Ian McNulty Copy Share Image
We're not really trying to do anything besides represent where we come from, and that's New Orleans. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I have a deep affinity for New Orleans - its like a second home to me - they treat me like I'm… — Teena Marie Copy Share Image
I've always loved New Orleans music. I always loved it when the Neville Brothers opened up for the Grateful Dead and the… — Bill Kreutzmann Copy Share Image
Every time I close my eyes blowing that trumpet of mine, I look right into the heart of good old New Orleans.… — Louis Armstrong Copy Share Image
Music in New Orleans has always been the heartbeat that drives the city. It was that even before Katrina, and that's what… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
Mardi Gras is the love of life. It is the harmonic convergence of our food, our music, our creativity, our eccentricity, our… — Chris Rose Copy Share Image
“You got to get outta here, Josie. New Orleans is fine for some people, real good for a few. But not for… — Ruta Sepetys Copy Share Image
Being from North Carolina, it's kind of slow-paced. There's not too much going on there, whereas in New Orleans, there's always something… — Chris Paul Copy Share Image
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
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
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
I've known Emeril for more than 20 years from when I featured him on 'Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous' from his… — Robin Leach Copy Share Image
Ever since I first visited New Orleans back in '89, I've been intrigued by the French Quarter. I always wanted to set… — Robert Asprin Copy Share Image
Everything in New Orleans is a good idea. Bijou temple-type cottages and lyric cathedrals side by side. Houses and mansions, structures of… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
There is a velvety sensuality here at the mouth of the Mississippi that you won't find anywhere else. Tell me what the… — Andrei Codrescu Copy Share Image
My father was a dark-skinned brother, but my mother was a very fair-skinned lady. From what I understand, she was Creole; we… — Ice T Copy Share Image
I didn't date my wife in high school, but she was definitely by far the coolest woman there. She was definitely the… — Eric Mabius Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be an actor, but I always loved design, and growing up in New Orleans there was such great… — Bryan Batt Copy Share Image
It's always on everyone's list, like, 'What's New Orleans like?' I think people have a pre-conceived idea, like it's just Mardi Gras… — Sung Kang Copy Share Image
“If New Orleans is not fully in the mainstream of culture, neither is it fully in the mainstream of time. Lacking a… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
