Harry Connick Jr. Quotes

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.

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

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

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

I come to New Orleans so often that, one day soon, someone's going to declare me a native. I love the food. I love the music. I serve on the board of the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra.

I'd love to live in New Orleans. I love the freedom of it - for good and for bad.

I'd like to move back to New Orleans.

For a while I was living in New Orleans for like 4, 5 years. I had just come back to town.

Just being from Louisiana, being from the southern part of Louisiana, Metairie, close to New Orleans and growing up in St. Rose. There are a lot of things to overcome.

The most interesting place I've gone on location was 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.

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 love New Orleans.

New Orleans is unlike any city in America. Its cultural diversity is woven into the food, the music, the architecture - even the local superstitions. It's a sensory experience on all levels and there's a story lurking around every corner.

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

Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.

You've got different people that have different views of New Orleans. When you say 'New Orleans,' you have people who just think of the Neville Brothers. You've got people that think of Louis Armstrong. You say 'New Orleans,' and you've got people that think of Lil' Wayne.

I love New Orleans. I did a movie there right before Katrina.

I love it here in New Orleans.

For me, I haven't found New Orleans too creepy.

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

New Orleans is great for a lot of the old-school charm and character.

I think, you know, people think of the city of New Orleans as a parochial place where it's a lot of folks who are from there and a lot of big families, a lot of musical families, a lot of history, a lot of tradition, but I like to think of New Orleans as an idea.

I've experienced all the food and restaurants in New Orleans. I've been doing a bit of touristing when I have the day off, just walking in the French Quarter. To me, it's very, very surprising how people are so friendly. But no, it's very different from Paris.

I'm home in New Orleans!