I don't really find girls to be any more dramatic or delicate than boys; I've known plenty of little boys who've had miserable breakdowns over things... in fact, I was one of them!

Well, my dad was the district attorney of New Orleans for about 30 years.

I do the things I like to do. It's sort of a bigger version of having more than one hobby.

New Orleans is my essence, my soul, my muse...

With a tone so rich, I would never be afraid of the dark. Steinway is the only and the best!

There are people who can't stand me, they say, 'God, he makes me sick', or, 'He's creepy', but it doesn't affect me too badly.

'The Christmas Song,' by Nat King Cole, is not only a masterful performance; to me it just sounds like the holidays. I've never sung it, because Nat's version is so perfect. I gotta leave it alone.

With imagination, I'll get there.

It is jazz music that called me to be a musician and I have always sang the songs that moved me the most.

Safety's just danger, out of place.

In my life I find that memories of the spirit linger and sweeten long after memories of the brain have faded.

It hurt. It hurt like hell. But it didn’t matter, if no one knew.

..and why the winter suns so rush to bathe themselves in the seaand what slows down the nights to a long lingering crawl...

Age does not protect you from love. But love to some extent protects you from age.

The purpose of torture is not getting information. It's spreading fear.

I get so busy that I forget to eat, and that's really hurt me in the past. I gained weight from that.

I like to box. It's a great release.

You write about what you know.

Again, it is belief without evidence. In the case of Stalinism, people actually distorted science, because it was for the good of the Communist Party.

I definitely try to broaden the scope of music. I don't know if it's pop or classical or what, but I'm religiously challenging myself all the time, for better or for worse.

Lately I've heard rumors that the eagle may be lame. Just because I've been idle, don't mean that I'm tame.