When you watch your mum and dad sing and they're happy and it brings them joy, it is then a natural choice to go where the joy is. Music was always that place in our family.

Writing a song is a personal thing, and you have to have a lot of trust to try things and not be embarrassed.

A diamond is pressure's masterpiece.

Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.

I always just wanted to be funny. I never really planned to be scary.

They say the camera never lies. It lies every day.

At the top of the list of what makes a successful marriage, is a sense of humor.

We like, we cherish, we are very, very fond of—but we never love again.

... the more you know about life, the more you get out of it.

I knew I could make money from songwriting, so how much and when was not really the question.

I spent so many summers and New Years and fun times in New Orleans. It was always a place where I felt I could go and actually let go and enjoy the spirit of something.

Maybe I'm a little biased, but shows like 'Dexter' and 'Southland,' I'm just enthralled by that sort of storytelling, kind of clever and patient.