To get to New Orleans you don't pass through anywhere else. That geographical location, being aloof, lets it hold onto the ritual of its own pace more than other places that have to keep up with the progress. — Allen Toussaint Copy Share Image
I never planned on being a live performer. My whole forte was about being in the studio, producing, playing the piano on recording sessions.… — Allen Toussaint Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Whenever I wrote songs - particularly back then - it would always be for a particular artist. — Allen Toussaint Copy Share Image
To play with a band all of the time, just about nightly, was good for me because I wrote lots of arrangements and I… — Allen Toussaint Copy Share Image
The mother-in-laws themselves weren't natural jokes but most comedians used to use that. — Allen Toussaint Copy Share Image
As an early child, I tried to play every kind of music that I heard. I thought everyone was doing that. — Allen Toussaint Copy Share Image
And do respect the women of the world; remember you all had mothers. — Allen Toussaint Copy Share Image
To get to New Orleans you don't pass through anywhere else. That geographical location, being aloof, lets it hold onto the ritual of its… — Allen Toussaint Copy Share Image
To travel and to get around different places, especially in station wagons, you could really see America. — Allen Toussaint Copy Share Image
As a young child, I thought that all pianists played everything. I mean, I thought anything on piano - any piano music, all pianists… — Allen Toussaint Copy Share Image
When you're playing live, those people who you're trying to please and reach, they're right there giving you feedback. And you don't get that… — Allen Toussaint Copy Share Image
