You know what's funny? I don't ever feel the need to escape. I have a strong marriage. I like my life. You hear about these guys having midlife crises - I don't see that happening to me.

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 was like diving into winter waves. "I can't, " I told him."Why not?""Because I need to find out who I am by myself before I can be with anyone else.

Working together always works together better... it also appeals to a primal, animal thing, which is that humans are social creatures.

Relationships are a constant negotiation and balance.

I lean with the hill. I know I'm doing it right if it feels like I'm going to fall on my face but I don't.

The Russian Dept of Tourism has declared Ukraine its most dangerous destination. Many Russian tourists have disappeared there.

He will be loved when dead, who was envied when he was living.

There is no doctrine of Christianity but what has been anticipated by the Vedas.

Now I am ready to set new goals and start a new career for myself outside of the ring.

We willingly accept and even embrace this mind control, and probably without even knowing it.

The bees can abide no drones amongst them; but as soon as they begin to be idle, they kill them.