Almost Quote by James Frain

“Once he had reached the top, he looked down on the town at his feet. Such repose, such tranquility, what a lesson in calmness!…

— Georges Rodenbach

Heaven is totally overrated. It seems boring. Clouds, listening to people play the harp. It should be somewhere you can't wait to go, like…

— Joel Stein

I love living in Birmingham, it's just a lovely gentle life, and it's calm. And it's full of Brummies who I find hilarious.

— Joe Lycett

I love medieval cities; they do not clamor for attention; they possess their souls - their riches - in quiet; formal, courteous, they reveal…

— Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

New Orleans has an incredible culture. Everybody brings up food first, but I realized there's a lot more to that in terms of music…

— J. J. Redick

My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.

— Mark Knopfler

I'm really getting to appreciate traditional jazz now - the New Orleans stuff - a lot more than I did before.

— John Goodman

Europeans really provided many venues over there and hailed the jazz artists, and a lot of musicians went over there and stayed over there…

— Sonny Rollins

I love New Orleans. I love jazz. I grew up practicing jazz piano, and that's just been such a cool genre to me. There's…

— Daya

To me, jazz is a place where anything is possible.

— Bill Frisell

New Orleans, Louisiana is nothing but culture, music and fashion. That's what it is. It's in my blood forever.

— Kelly Oubre, Jr

I like any European city where you can sit outside, have a beer and watch the world go by.

— Richard Herring