“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, in the month of September, and in the year 1803.” YearsCitiesMonthsTheatreSeatsTemporarySeptemberNew Orleans Book:The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life Source: The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life
“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; in New Orleans, with a bow; in San Francisco, with a wink and a grin. In New York, you're lucky if you get a grunt.” IfsLittlesCitiesNew YorkLuckyEnthusiasmBowsNew OrleansSan FranciscoVisitorsDallasGruntGusto Author: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 Brennan, the queen of the New Orleans's culinary set, and others. This was very flattering to a young man with a dream. I was only 26 years old.” MenYearsDreamYoungEncouragementMovedQueensYoung ManExecutivesCulinaryChefNew OrleansCommandersFlatteringLouisiana Author: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 from around the country - New Orleans Jazz to Indian flute players, R&B, you name it. I met and became good friends with (blues guitar player) Joe Louis Walker. He was on the show.” KindCountryShowsNamesForgetImaginePlayerMetsRootsJazzGuitarIndianOfficialsGood FriendNew OrleansGuitar PlayerWalkersFlutes Author: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 . . . whatever your tunes were over there, we played them in New Orleans.” DifferentHouseDifferencesStyleNeededTunesProfessorsNew OrleansDifferent Styles Author: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.” New OrleansGigsJimmy Author: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 New Orleans.” WayRiversBoatPushingChicagoNew OrleansMississippiYoungstersIllinoisBarges Author:Clint Walker
“Because I had worked the river boats some summers, pushing as far as New Orleans, I joined the Merchant Marine.” SummerRiversBoatPushingNew OrleansMarineMerchantsMerchant Marine Author: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, Mac Rebenack, James Booker, and Huey Smith. All acknowledge him as The Great Master.” ForceTeacherPlayerStyleMastersOriginalsCreatorFatsAcknowledgePianoNew OrleansGuruMacsAcknowledge HimFats Domino Author: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 people, and mud, and molasses, and every kind of tropical exhalation, with your nose suddenly removed from the dry ices of a Northern winter.” PeopleKindAirSweetRiversWinterSmellIceNosesDryMudNew OrleansTropicalMolassesDry Ice Book:The Portable Jack Kerouac Source: The Portable 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 itself until the past is perennially forgotten.” MayRealPastCitiesPeriodsForgottenNew OrleansBostonSan FranciscoMagnificenceReal Ones Author:A. J. Liebling
“The murder rate in Chicago is skyrocketing, and you see who's doing it and perpetrating it - they all look like Chief Keef. When it comes to the point that, you know, that kids who are doing the killings, and they're kids 13 to 19 years old, and you can replicate that in New Orleans, you can replicate that in Oakland. All the kids look the same.” KnowsYearsLooksKidsMurderKillingRateChiefsChicagoNew OrleansReplicateOaklandChief Keef Author:Lupe Fiasco
“New Orleans jazz is a complex and embracing art form that began about the same time as the blues and encompassed many of its excellences.” ArtFormJazzExcellenceComplexesNew Orleans Author:Tim Cahill
“After Hurricane Katrina, over New Orleans, my helicopter crashed and the pilot and I were only saved because we fell on the roof of a flooded house that absorbed the shock. When the helicopter was spiraling downward out of control, I didn't expect to survive at all.” HouseSavedShockPilotsRoofNew OrleansHurricanesKatrinaHelicoptersHurricane Katrina Author:Yann Arthus-Bertrand
“I think the rebuilding of the city has to start with the spirit first. So the music, the vibe, the connection spiritually with the artists. Everybody out here is the main key. A lot of people are still in a lot of tough situations. My heart still goes out to the people of New Orleans.” PeopleThinkingFirstsHeartStillsSpiritArtistCitiesSituationKeysMy HeartToughConnectionsNew OrleansRebuildingTough Situations Author:Doug E. Fresh
“My favorite day was Monday, September the 25th, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana, site of the Superdome. I watched our people who had suffered so grievously through Hurricane Katrina fill a stadium hours before a game and stay hours after the game.” PeopleGamesHoursMy FavoriteSeptemberSiteMondayNew OrleansHurricanesStadiumsLouisianaKatrinaHurricane KatrinaFavorite Day Author:Michael Irvin
“When I finished my residency in New Orleans, I went to L.A. where I would work as a doctor during the day, and then at night I would actually go to The Improv and do standup, all the while kind of cultivating my comedy resume.” KindNightComedyDoctorsFinishedNew OrleansResumesCultivatingResidency Author:Ken Jeong
“Somebody said he came from New Orleans, where he got in a fight over a Cajun queen. And a crushing blow from a huge right hand, sent a Louisiana fella to the Promised Land.” SaidHandsFightingLandHugeBlowRevengeQueensCrushNew OrleansRetributionLouisianaPromised LandFellasCajuns Author:Jimmy Dean
“There is a house in New Orleans they call the Rising Sun, and it's been the ruin of many a poor boy and God I know I'm one.” KnowsHousePoorBoysSunRuinsRisingNew OrleansTabooSocial TaboosPoor Boy Author:Bob Dylan