If you cannot improve upon the silence, do not speak.

It is impossible to capture the essence, tolerance, and spirit of south Louisiana in words.

If there was no New Orleans, America would just be a bunch of free people dying of boredom." -Judy Deck in an e-mail sent to Chris Rose

The longer you live in New Orleans, the more unfit you become to live anywhere else.

we dance even if there's no radio. we drink at funerals. we talk too much & laugh too loud & live too large, and, frankly, we're suspicious of others who don't.

Mardi Gras is the love of life. It is the harmonic convergence of our food, our music, our creativity, our eccentricity, our neighborhoods, and our joy of living. All at once.

A New Orleans credo: When life gives you lemons--make daiquiris.

To be engaged in some small way in the revival of one of the great cities of the world is to live a meaningful existence by default.

...as bad as it is here, it's better than being somewhere else." -Chris Rose, regarding life in Post-Katrina New Orleans

Time is running out for the climate

Everybody here has a story. New Orleans was always a place where people talked too much even if they had nothing to say. Now everyone's got something to say.

When it comes finding the right soul mate, the problem with a lot of people is that they are expecting to find their right partners while looking at the wrong places.

I'm not just a big-haired redhead country singer who dresses flamboyantly, has this wicked sense of humor and wears rhinestones.

I don't need anyone to hold me, I can hold my own.

Sometimes educators suffer from the "I already do that" syndrome. In those cases, we feel inadequate if we admit we have a distance to go as learners of our craft.

God seems to reward us with good, delightful experiences when we move with joy through the less-than-delightful times.

Well, I have been playing electric guitar all these years and acoustic was something new to me.

Wear audacious underwear under the most solemn business attire.

Not letting the world destroy you. That’s a daily battle.

Democracy is more dangerous than fire. Fire can't vote itself immune to water.

Youth is when you think you'll live forever. Old age is when you wonder how you've lived so long.