You can't hide behind race any more. You can't hide behind class structure any more. You can't hide behind family. You need to produce.

I love Mardi Gras. I'm a street rat.

One of the things that the Hillary Clinton campaign has done, I think all the mayors in America would agree, is have a detailed plan about how that money actually gets down to the ground fast.

You can't hide behind race any more. You can't hide behind class structure any more. You can't hide behind family. You need to produce.

One of the most special things about the city of New Orleans is how diverse a people we really are. There's been a new generation of individuals that have all grown up together, so I don't really see myself as a White mayor. I've never seen New Orleans as a Black city.

It's a common theme around the city of New Orleans; we're resilient people because we have to be. We love this place with all of our heart and all of our soul and I just wanted to try to do something that I could to help make it better.

Race in America is not a problem you can go over, or around or under. You've got to go through it.