Teena Marie Quotes

I'm home in New Orleans!

I'd like to move back to New Orleans.

People from New Orleans are extremely prideful.

Yes, it is the Big Easy, home of the shortest hangover on the planet, where libation can greet you on Monday morning with the same smile as it did on Saturday night.

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 is my essence, my soul, my muse...

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

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

New Orleans is a unique environment.

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

What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in New Orleans, goes home with you.

Essence is something I always enjoy, because I love New Orleans. Since they brought it back to New Orleans, it's a special place to me. We been doing it since the beginning. We did it when it was in Houston, but there's nothing like New Orleans.

I guess I feel that I was following my instincts, and at the same time being guided by the best. I became totally intrigued with Louisiana - the people, the food. It is a part of my life. Everything that has happened for me since moving here has just been icing on the cake.

The only thing we try and do is just be a part of the gumbo that New Orleans is.

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 know people say that all the time, but for me, it's true: Manchester really is my second home.

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

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

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

You knows dat in New Orleans is not morning 'til dee sun come up.

How did you fall in love with New Orleans? At once, madly. Looking back, sometimes I think it was predestined.

I've always loved Louisiana and particularly New Orleans, and I think a lot of people when they travel there, think they're home there - there are just so many spirits, it's so rich in culture. It's steeped in a true spirit of individuality that makes this country. It's the oldest part of our story, in a way. And being in that climate, it was really conducive to letting our imaginations soar. I found it to be the true inspiration.

You could spend your life trying to uncover all the treasures in New Orleans and not even scratch the surface. It's such an amazing place.

New Orleans is a city of paradox. Sin, salvation, sex, sanctification, so intertwined yet so separate.

New Orleans. Born and raised. I lived there until I was 19.