#leans

If New Orleans is allowed to die, a crucial part of the world's music heritage will disappear. ↗

— Ray Davies

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What is interesting in this is the exchange of music that occurred between New Orleans and Cuba, I mean, they had ferries that would go from one port to another. ↗

— Ruben Blades

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If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. ↗

— William Blake

#cleansed #doors #everything #infinite #man

I needed New Orleans so badly back in 2006, just somebody to believe in me, somebody to care about me. ↗

— Drew Brees

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Places I've lived since then had to have some kind of uniqueness and character about them. And logically Key West, and then Down Island. So, all of that stuff sort of had it's roots in New Orleans and went crazy. ↗

— Jimmy Buffett

#character #crazy #down #had #i

We're taught Lord Acton's axiom: all power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. I believed that when I started these books, but I don't believe it's always true any more. Power doesn't always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals. ↗

— Robert Caro

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

— Patricia Clarkson

#i #lived #new #new orleans #orleans

I had a really good time in New Orleans, although I had some very tragic times in Baton Rouge. Some guys beat me up and threw my horn away. 'Cause I had a beard, then, and long hair like the Beatles. ↗

— Ornette Coleman

#away #baton #beard #beat #beatles

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. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#bit #connecticut #eventually #grew #i

I've been all over the world. I love New York, I love Paris, San Francisco, so many places. But there's no place like New Orleans. It's got the best food. It's got the best music. It's got the best people. It's got the most fun stuff to do. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#best #food #francisco #fun #fun stuff