“I need New Orleans. And New Orleans needs me.” — Trombone Shorty Quote

“I need New Orleans. And New Orleans needs me.”

“When I play the trumpet, I'm in a different character.”

“I got a chance to work with Mystikal and Mannie Fresh and Juvenile and all these people as I was growing up, and so that really influenced everything I do.”

“For a long time a lot of people thought New Orleans wasn't a safe place and that it was very ratchet.”

“There's so much music going on in New Orleans.”

“I'm from New Orleans, but I lived in L.A. for a very long time.”