Mark Twain Quotes

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

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.

I don't know what America would be without New Orleans and the music.

New Orleans is thrilling. The history is as rich as the food.

I'm home in New Orleans!

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

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.

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 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 real spirit. It's the most authentic of all American cities.

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

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.

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 think New Orleans is such a beautiful city. It looks like a fairytale when you walk through the French Quarter or the Garden District. There is such a lush sense of color, style, architecture - and the people themselves.

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

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.

It's a wonderful city and every American has enjoyed New Orleans in one way or the other.

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.

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.

New Orleans is a unique environment.

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.