Every city I go to is an opportunity to paint, whether it's Omaha or Hawaii.

There's always something every night that I learn from reacting to what the audience is reacting to. You learn what to leave out, what to put in, if you need a little more comedy or more drama.

Regardless of religion or race or ethnic background we are all human and we are all on this planet together. So what better reason do you need to not tolerate any form of violence against another human being?

I try to tell the story about the song with the believability that I've lived it myself and I understand what it's all about.

The biggest message I've given our team, and I think it's really important, is first of all, no one can take away what happened last year. It's obviously a fun year, a terrific year. But I think a big mistake would be to try to compare themselves or ourselves to last year's team. I think the key really is, and I told them this: for you as a group, you're a different team.

The bottom line of any country is: what did we contribute to the world? We contributed Louis Armstrong.

Every city I go to is an opportunity to paint, whether it's Omaha or Hawaii.