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Like Venice, Italy, New Orleans is a cultural treasure. And everyone who lived in the city should be allowed to come back. But that doesn't… — Ed McMahon
My father's record collection was full of New Orleans music of all kinds. I used to listen to the radio in New York, and all… — Madeleine Peyroux
New Orleans has to learn to live with water rather than in fear of water, and we need a master plan that shows us how… — Billy Tauzin
The condition in New Orleans was changing every day. I said, why don't we appropriate another $10 billion, come back and look at the situation,… — Lynn Westmoreland
And if citizens of New Orleans who are really contemplating coming back heard that we're really intent upon making the place secure again - regardless… — Billy Tauzin
There could have been more planning in New Orleans, but you look at all the devastation that happened there - have we gotten to 3,000… — John Hickenlooper
There was a lot of stuff happening in Havana that was being heard and appreciated by New Orleans musicians because of this situation. And vice… — Ruben Blades
It was in the Theatre St. Philippe (they has laid a temporary floor over the parquette seats) in the city we now call New Orleans,… — George Washington Cable
No other city in the U.S. can divest the visitor of so much money with so little enthusiasm. In Dallas, they take away with gusto;… — Fletcher Knebel
I moved to Louisiana to become the executive Chef at Commander's Place. And I must say I had some encouragement from friends such as Ella… — Emeril Lagasse
I forget what the official name of it was, but they did an all-day of roots music - every kind of music you can imagine… — Scotty Moore
The sporting houses needed professors, and we had so many different styles that... it wouldn't make any difference that you just came from . .… — Jelly Roll Morton
I was rooming with Jimmy Bowen at the time, doing some gigs, then I went back to New Orleans and played there in '62. — Johnny Ramistella
As a youngster I worked the river boats going down the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, pushing barges to Chicago, then all the way down to… — Clint Walker
Because I had worked the river boats some summers, pushing as far as New Orleans, I joined the Merchant Marine. — Clint Walker
He's a seminal force, a guru, an original creator of the New Orleans piano style.. the teacher of great players like Fats Domino, Allen Toussaint,… — Jerry Wexler
The air was so sweet in New Orleans it seemed to come in soft bandannas; and you could smell the river and really smell the… — Jack Kerouac
Any city may have one period of magnificence, like Boston or New Orleans or San Francisco, but it takes a real one to keep renewing… — A J Liebling
We were poor. But my mom never accepted that. She worked hard to become a residential contractor - got her master's with honors at the… — Frank Ocean
New Orleans, more than many places I know, actually tangibly lives its culture. It's not just a residual of life; it's a part of life.… — Wendell Pierce
A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're singers. And they just make that assumption. And… — Wendell Pierce
One of the real worries I had before the first season of 'Treme' aired was that, man, people in New Orleans really hold movie and… — Wendell Pierce
New Orleans is unlike any city in America. Its cultural diversity is woven into the food, the music, the architecture - even the local superstitions.… — Ruta Sepetys
There have been nine Super Bowls in New Orleans, and not all of them have brought the best of luck to NFL Films. We got… — Steve Sabol
New Orleans in an amazing town. — Benjamin Walker

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