Allen Toussaint quotes

My music is homegrown from the garden of New Orleans. Music is everything to me short of breathing. Music also has a role to lift you up - not to be escapist but to take you out of misery. (Allen Toussaint)
To get to New Orleans you don't pass through anywhere else. That geographical location, being aloof, lets it hold onto the ritual of its own pace more than other places that have to keep up with the progress. View quote
Allen Toussaint

Allen Toussaint

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Photo: Flickr photographer dsb nola / Derek Bridges, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Musician
Born: January 14, 1938
Died: November 9, 2015
Quotes count: 2

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