I just liked the feeling of being on stage.

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.

I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.

We were characters out of a movie. We were thoroughly alive. And we were absolutely beautiful.

Change is not only likely, it's inevitable.

It's safe to say I'm a comedy nerd. I listen to so many podcasts. I just love to laugh.

All human life is precious.

Become like a sheet of blotting paper and soak it all in. Later on you can figure out what to keep and what to unload.

Nature, they say, doth dote, And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote.

Remember you are a different person now than before, you are wiser & stronger for the trials that you have been through.

Happy hour is slightly different in the Soviet Union. There are no ice cubes or orange-peel twists in the vodka. Also, it lasts all day.

I like this word decadent; all shimmering and purple and gold.