“For a while I was living in New Orleans for like 4, 5 years. I had just come back to town.” Quote by Delta Burke
“In '71 or '72 I returned to New Orleans and stayed there. I started cooking Louisiana food. Of all the things I had cooked, it was the best-and it was my heritage.” CookingHeritageNew OrleansLouisiana Author:Paul Prudhomme
“If New Orleans is allowed to die, a crucial part of the world's music heritage will disappear.” IfsWorldDiesDisappearCrucialHeritageNew Orleans Author:Ray Davies
“I was born in New Orleans, and I wasn't allowed to go to the movies.” BornNew Orleans Author:Kitty Carlisle
“The immediate, highest priority need, in my humble opinion, is that we build quickly the interim structures that can channel water away from population and businesses in the New Orleans area.” NeedsWaterOpinionHighestAreasStructurePopulationHumblePrioritiesNew OrleansInterim Author:Billy Tauzin
“We owe it to the flood victims of New Orleans to give them truthful answers as to why this event took place and to assure our citizens that tragedies like this will never happen again.” GivingHappensAnswersEventsCitizensTragedyVictimTruthfulFloodNew Orleans Author:Charles Rangel
“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 mean that they all should live in exactly the same spot that they lived before.” ShouldMeanCitiesTreasureSpotsNew OrleansVenice Author: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 there was on it at the time was Madonna and Michael Jackson, so it sort of passed me by.” KindUsedFatherRecordsNew YorkRadioAll KindsCollectionsNew Orleans Author: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 to do this. It's so critical that we send a signal to everyone in the country that we're serious about rebuilding New Orleans.” NeedsCountryShowsWaterPlansSeriousMastersCriticalSignalsNew OrleansRebuilding Author: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, and do another $10 billion every week, or every 10 days?” LooksSaidSituationWeekConditionsBillionsAppropriateNew Orleans Author: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 of whether the levees held or not - then I think a rebuilding process would really take shape.” IfsThinkingProcessHeardCitizensShapesSecureContemplatingComing BackNew OrleansRebuildingLevees Author:Billy Tauzin