Kermit Ruffins Quotations

My home had ten feet of water and I had nine-foot ceilings. The first month was easy to keep your spirits up, because it was like, this adventure ... But now, we're over two months in and the fun's gone out of it and I just want to go home. I lost a couple of cars and the roof was gone from my house. Both of our drummers, their houses were submerged under water completely. They lost everything.

I give it six months to a year before it starts swinging hard enough to bring tourists in so that (musicians) can make a living. I'm quite sure all of the musicians can't wait to get back to New Orleans and make that progress.

I think this will never happen again once they get finished. We're going to get those musicians back, the brass bands, the jazz funerals, everything.

I know that we're gonna be back in New Orleans, swinging like we've never swung before, in due time.