My life is just a never-ending work in progress.

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

My nickname is Dickie Jukebox. I own thousands and thousands and thousands of songs.

When you're feeling down, sad, lonely, negative, you don't want to take care of yourself - and the weight problem and the diabetic problem and the heart attack and stroke problems and high cholesterol set in.

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.

If I don't take care of myself, if I don't feel good about myself, how can I help others?

I give people permission to be kids again.