I'm a musician. Anything I've done as an actor has come from that.

I have no doubt that the government of this great nation will work with its people to lead New Orleans and the Gulf Coast back to an enlightened, proud, safe part of the world.

It is jazz music that called me to be a musician and I have always sang the songs that moved me the most.

Let's kick the tires and light the fires, big daddy.

I say sorry to my wife about five times a day for various reasons.

Marriage has made me a lot happier and I'm deeply in love with my wife, and I thank God for her every day.

Not everybody gets to record with an orchestra, and not everybody that gets to record with an orchestra gets to write all their own stuff.