Emeril Lagasse Quotes

I love Louisiana. There's no place on earth like Louisiana, and there's no city on earth like New Orleans. I grew up in Baton Rouge.

I have a deep affinity for New Orleans - its like a second home to me - they treat me like I'm their own.

I love Louisiana, and I love being from there.

Being in the city of New Orleans, meeting the people, it's been nothing but hospitality and a lot of love.

I went to New Orleans for the first time for Wild at Heart, and I kept going back to make more movies there. I've become very close to the city and part of me does feel like a New Orleanian.

New Orleans has a unique history as a great melting pot of all kinds of cultures, and that manifests itself now through the food, the music, and the kinds of people who live there.

I grew up in Louisiana - a little suburb right outside of New Orleans - and I wouldn't have it any other way!

Growing up in New Orleans helped me live a real life. I experienced so many things.

I've lived in N.Y. and L.A. for many years, but I still gravitate to New Orleans - it's so unique and so European. There's nothing else like it in the country. It has its own music, its own food, its own style and its own way of life.

New Orleans is unlike any city in America. Its cultural diversity is woven into the food, the music, the architecture - even the local superstitions. It's a sensory experience on all levels and there's a story lurking around every corner.

People from New Orleans are extremely prideful.

It's just the vibe I got when I landed in New Orleans. The culture is absolutely different. It's so dangerous, I tell you, I fly in and I fly out of town. That's how scared I am. And this is where I came from.

I'm not from New Orleans, never knew anything about New Orleans.

I'm home in New Orleans!

New Orleans - the real New Orleans - is the soul of the country.

New Orleans is my essence, my soul, my muse...

I live in Connecticut, but eventually I'd like to move back to New Orleans. I grew up there; the pace is a bit slower. Plus, I love crawfish and po'boys.

I've always had an interest in Louisiana, especially New Orleans.

It's always on everyone's list, like, 'What's New Orleans like?' I think people have a pre-conceived idea, like it's just Mardi Gras and Bourbon Street. But really, there's so much culture, the music's great, the food's great. It's not good for the waistline! But I'm actually from the South, I'm from Georgia, so the weather doesn't bother me.

I took many trips down to New Orleans trying to experience the city as deeply as possible. I'm from Detroit so New Orleans seemed very exotic to me.

My first introduction to New Orleans was from the air, flying high over the city with a view of the land - and water - below.

I'd love to live in New Orleans. I love the freedom of it - for good and for bad.

I did grow up in New Orleans. I grew up right on the lake, right across the levee.

Before I went to New Orleans, I was a little scared of New Orleans. I don't know why. I had only been there a few times. Something about it made me feel nervous, knowing a bit about the history.

For a while I was living in New Orleans for like 4, 5 years. I had just come back to town.