The New Orleans bands, you see, didn't play with a flat sound. They'd shade the music. After the band had played with the two or three horns blowing,…

- Danny Barker

I'd advise you to visit New Orleans before you pass away. I really would. Because if you die without seeing New Orleans, you wasted half your life.

- Danny Barker

Lots of the bands [in New Orleans] couldn't read too much music. So they used a fiddle to play the lead - a fiddle player could read - and that was t…

- Danny Barker

Everything in New Orleans was competitive. People would always be betting on who was the best and the greatest in everything. That's where the battle…

- Danny Barker

Respect your own creativity and respect the creativity and creative space of other people.

- Danny Barker

One of my pleasantest memories as a kid growing up in New Orleans was how a bunch of us kids, playing, would suddenly hear sounds. It was like a phen…

- Danny Barker