I get terrible reviews everywhere I go.

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.

Art is the social antithesis of society, not directly deducible from it.

If you are lonely when you are alone, you are in poor company.

The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.

If your standards are low, you're going to stop pretty early on in the process.

... happy husbands and wives can hear each other say the same thing over and over again without being tired.

I sang in a rock band when I was training as a lawyer. You know, not professional, we just did it for fun. We just did gigs all over Edinburgh and some in Glasgow and some at festivals.

But most hearts say, I want, I want, I want, I want. My heart is more duplicitous, though no twin as I once thought. It says, I want, I don't want, I want, and then a pause. It forces me to listen.

I think the death penalty's easier than life in prison.

You're thrown to the side and then you think, oh, there's more to life than what we really can just see in front of us. There's something else going on.

The school curriculum today, particularly American history, is a shame.