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

In my life I find that memories of the spirit linger and sweeten long after memories of the brain have faded..

I live in Connecticut, but eventually I'd like to move back to New Orleans. I grew up there; the pace is a bit slower. Plus, I love crawfish and po'b….

Golf is good, it means I get some fresh air and exercise, take my mind off work and see some of the landscape of the place I'm visiting..

I wake up everyday and try to be the best husband, father and entertainer I can be. I'm no different offstage or talking to you or onstage than I am ….

I never dated much. I dated one girl before my wife, and that was it..

Girls liking bad boys is the cookie jar complex. When somebody tells you you can't have a cookie, you want a cookie. But I live in a bad-boy world, a….

If you can say the lyrics almost like a poem and they stand up, that's a great thing. Some songs have great lyrics and I don't like the melodies, and….

New Orleans is a city of paradox. Sin, salvation, sex, sanctification, so intertwined yet so separate..

The reasons I never set out to do a talk show is they're formulaic. People come out, tell jokes and read questions. But that's not what I do, and we ….

I married my best friend. And I listen! Ultimately I've been very fortunate - I understand that that doesn't happen for everybody but it happened for….

'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'….

Life is really like that: there are certain things that are wonderful and certain things that are not so wonderful and what you are going to do about….

They don't make you what you are, you do. You are what you choose to be..

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..

It is really rare to find someone you really, really love and that you want to spend your life with and all that stuff that goes along with being mar….

I've been all over the world. I love New York, I love Paris, San Francisco, so many places. But there's no place like New Orleans. It's got the best ….

I've learned that people latch onto labels and stereotypes. There was a period when I was asked in every single interview how I liked being the new F….

[Being judge] is about being honest and giving everybody a fair shot and telling them what you think. Sometimes it's good and sometimes it isn't. It'….

My Dad is my hero. He's 85 now and he is in great health. He is handsome and strong. He has an incredible moral and ethical backbone. I couldn't have….

You basically have to play everything (in New Orleans), because you're getting calls to play gigs of all different styles, from classical to R&B to f….