French Quarter Quotes

And I wound up in New Orleans for all those years and it was a great place, really a catalyst creatively.

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

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

My family has been in New Orleans longer than the American flag has flown over the city.

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

What we do in New Orleans, man - we party!

There's no way New Orleans will ever be the city it was. I think it will have half the population. They may create a sort of Disneyland at the French Quarter for tourists. The rest I don't know.

You don't need a guidebook to see New Orleans - just a good pair of shoes.

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

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

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

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.

People from New Orleans are extremely prideful.

As a rule, I try to avoid the French Quarter because of the crowds, especially Bourbon Street. But hey, some people love it. A great, wild, adult thing to see is the costume competition in front of the bar Oz on Bourbon early morning on Fat Tuesday.

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.

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

New Orleans: The least annoying French place on Earth.

New Orleans has a real spirit. It's the most authentic of all American cities.

I'm home in New Orleans!

There's nothing like New Orleans. When it comes back, it will be a tremendous highlight for America.

I like historical fiction. I fell in love with New Orleans the first time I visited it. And I wanted to place a story in New Orleans.

The French-Cajun culture is similar to mine - they're Catholic, they play accordions, and they eat hot chiles.

Val- I’m on Bourbon– (Acheron) I will not venture down that street of crass iniquities and plebeian horror, Acheron. It is the cesspit of humanity. (Valerius)