Pierre Dewey LaFontaine Jr. (Pete Fountain) Quotes

If I had grown up in any place but New Orleans, I don't think my career would have taken off. I wouldn't have heard the music that was around this town. There was so much going on when I was a kid.

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  Pierre Dewey LaFontaine Jr.
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