I sing because I’ve forgotten how to scream.

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 avoided writers very carefully because they can perpetuate trouble as no one else can.

Why judge when it's only a matter of perception.

There was no denying the fact that the death of sugarcane was sounding the knell for something else in the country. What can we call it?

I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.

For me faith is the foundation and support of one's life.

The music I play and write is all reflective of myself and the experiences in my life. I feel like my whole journey is just collecting stories and songs along the way.

I think Marco Rubio could never have recovered from revealing himself to be pathetic.

Tradition is laziness.

One ceases to be lonely only in recollection; perhaps that is why people read history.

I think at the end of the day you have to find a balance with what's really important.