I don't talk about my personal life, and I don't talk about death.

I've been offered big money to promote machines. And high-protein diets, when that was really popular. There was always some new powder or diet plan that somebody wanted to put my name on.

Singing is good for the soul. It's the first thing I do every morning, after my blessings and my grace. I put music on and I sing.

The real pride, the real present, is your health and your longevity.

When I was younger, I ate nothing but fried food. Everything was fried, from oysters to chicken to potatoes to vegetables. When you die in New Orleans, they deep fry you before they put you in the coffin. When we baptize children in New Orleans, we baptize them with a bordelaise sauce; we don't use water.

I have rules about eating, exercising and rules about staying positive. And these rules are sacred to me.

The real pride, the real present, is your health and your longevity. My whole career, I have never done anything where competition was involved with weight loss.