New Orleans is my essence, my soul, my muse... Harry Connick, Jr. More Quotes by Harry Connick, Jr. More Quotes From Harry Connick, Jr. My dad was the district attorney of New Orleans for about 30 years. And when he opened his campaign headquarters back in the early '70s, when I was 5 years old, my mother wanted me to play the national anthem. And they got an upright piano on the back of a flatbed truck and I played it. Harry Connick, Jr. dad new-orleans mother 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 been luckier with my parents. Harry Connick, Jr. dad strong hero Singers, like Frank Sinatra and myself, we interpret the songs that we like. Not unlike a Shakespearean actor that goes back to the greatest words ever written, we go back to the greatest songs and bring about my interpretation of them. Harry Connick, Jr. singers actors song 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'boys. Harry Connick, Jr. new-orleans boys moving 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 built the show around my skill set. Harry Connick, Jr. skills reason people [Frank Sinatra] was an incredible artist, the best at what he did, but it never occurred to me to model my career after what he did. There was no one I modeled my career after because there was no one else who did what I did. Harry Connick, Jr. incredibles careers artist I love orchestrating music and conducting and being on Broadway. Harry Connick, Jr. conducting broadway I'm a big fan of [Frank] Sinatra, he was the best at what he did. The last thing I do is model my career after him, though, because we do different things. He was a great singer and a great actor ... It never crossed my mind to emulate his career, because we have different interests. Harry Connick, Jr. careers different mind I had a couple albums out that sold well for who I was at the time and the type of music I played. People started recognizing my name and face and it helped sell bigger venues. I had a bigger spotlight and I had to live up to it but I thrived under that challenge. It expedited the creative process. If I was on stage in front of 300 people instead of 30, I had to work harder at my performances because I had a greater responsibility. It was very exciting, but creative too. Harry Connick, Jr. hard-work couple responsibility 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, artistically. All the jazz boys are bad boys. Harry Connick, Jr. girl boys world 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 going to dinner with my family. It's all the same place and I apply the same values to all I do. It works for me. Harry Connick, Jr. husband talking father All I can do is worry about me and my family. I don't really worry about anybody else, they have to do what works for them Harry Connick, Jr. my-family can-do worry I'm a musician. Anything I've done as an actor has come from that. Harry Connick, Jr. musician done Many people in and out of showbiz live their lives in different ways. I try to be the best I can be. Harry Connick, Jr. trying people way At 14, I was playing in clubs until 3 A.M. My dad was the district attorney of New Orleans and my mother was a judge, so I saw hookers and drugs but I never wanted that life. Harry Connick, Jr. dad judging mother As you work on something, whether it's a painting or a piece of music, it's going to evolve. A relationship is like that too. I don't have to think, What can I do to spice up my marriage? Because as time goes on, she changes, I change. I'm not married to the same girl I met by the pool. I love this woman more than I loved the person I married, but just in a different way. Harry Connick, Jr. girl different thinking I think women like to laugh, to have doors opened for them, to have a man walk behind them when they're going up steps, and in front of them when they're going down steps. As chauvinistic as that may sound, it's in my bones. Harry Connick, Jr. laughing men thinking If I keep striving to put on the best quality show based on the values I have, I don't have to think "oh we're crossing the line" because the line is built in. We follow that and do the best quality work we can. Harry Connick, Jr. quality lines thinking All I really want - when I pray , I don't really ask for anything. All I want to do is God's will and make the best decisions I can. I don't go out and preach. Harry Connick, Jr. decision praying want To be a good kisser start slow, definitely ramp into it and remember somebody's on the other side of your mouth! Harry Connick, Jr. remember