In New Orleans the funerals remind us that Life is bigger than any individual life, and it will … - Tom Piazza

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I'd like to give you my heart, but since that might be inconvenient, I've brought you someone else's.

Tom Piazza

In New Orleans the funerals remind us that Life is bigger than any individual life, and it will roll on, and for the short time that your individual life joins the big stream of Life, cut some decent steps, for God’s sake.

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At one point, early on, some public figures even asked whether it 'made sense' to rebuild New Orleans. Would you let your own mother die because it didn't make financial sense to spend the money to treat her, or because you were too busy to spend the time to heal her sick spirit?

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The past in New Orleans cohabits with the present to an extent not even approximated in any other North American city.

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Mac Rebennack, better known as Dr. John, once told me that when a brass band plays at a small club back up in one of the neighborhoods, it’s as if the audience—dancing, singing to the refrains, laughing—is part of the band.

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