New Orleans Is A Unique Environment.

I'll Never Believe That Americans Have Racticed In Our History Anything Close To The Purest Form Of Democracy Of The World. Because There Are Lots Of Democracies Around The World That Function Better Than Ours Does. It's Always Been That Way. There's Some Truth To The Idea That It's Rigged, But There Is A Way That It's Supposed To Work That.

I Feel Like I Owe My Audience Something. They Feed My Kids. And I Really Like My Job, A Lot.

At Home, I'm Lucky If I Can Write Three Or Four Hours Before The Phone Starts Ringing And The Kids Want To Go To Soccer.

Records Are Only One-dimensional. Even Film Is Only One-dimensional. That's Why Music And Live Theatre Is So Important, Because It's Not The Same Thing. A Recording Is Just A Record Of Part Of The Experience, But It's Not The Whole Experience.

Having A Child At 55... That's Optimism.