New Orleans Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old new orleans quotes, new orleans sayings, and new orleans proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Every time I close my eyes blowing that trumpet of mine, I look right into the heart of good old New Orleans. It has given me something to live for. Louis Armstrong
If I could put my finger on it, I’d bottle it and sell it. I came down here originally in 1972 with some drunken fraternity guys and had never seen anything like it — the climate, the smells. It’s the cradle of music; it just flipped me. Someone suggested that there’s an incomplete part of our chromosomes that gets repaired or found when we hit New Orleans. Some of us just belong here. John Goodman
If you’re open to it, New Orleans will teach you about yourself, but if you want to hide from who you really are, the city will help you do that, too. Laurell K. Hamilton
New Orleans is like a big musical gumbo. The sound I have is from being in the city my whole life. Trombone Shorty
There are a lot of places I like, but I like New Orleans better. Bob Dylan
Don’t you just love those long afternoons in New Orleans when an hour isn’t just an hour–but a little piece of eternity dropped into your hands–and who knows what to do with it? Tennessee Williams