Battle Quote by Danny Barker

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

If I had grown up in any place but New Orleans, I don't think my career would have taken off. I wouldn't have heard…

— Pete Fountain

New Orleans is of such key importance to American music because historical factors combined to make it the strongest center of African musical practice…

— Ned Sublette

One of my pleasantest memories as a kid growing up in New Orleans was how a bunch of us kids, playing, would suddenly hear…

— Danny Barker

There's so much music going on in New Orleans.

— Anthony Hemingway

My music was a mixture of everything New Orleans.

— Fats Domino

People don't play music in New Orleans for the reasons they do in Nashville or L.A. - to become stars or to get rich…

— Harry Shearer

There were so many bands in New Orleans. But most of the musicians had day jobs, you know -- trades. They were bricklayers and…

— Zutty Singleton

New Orleans just embraces people who love music.

— Mannie Fresh

It was awesome growing up in New Orleans because there were great metal bands, there were great hardcore bands, there were great thrash metal…

— Phil Anselmo

In New Orleans, people are still influenced by one another. You got these bands that play every week on Frenchmen Street, and on their…

— Trombone Shorty

New Orleans had a great tradition of celebration. Opera, military marching bands, folk music, the blues, different types of church music, ragtime, echoes of…

— Wynton Marsalis