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. More Quotes by Harry Connick, Jr. More Quotes From Harry Connick, Jr. I have a big ego, and I'm a confident person, but when it comes down to being a jerk, that doesn't work for me, I tried it... for about ten years. Harry Connick, Jr. jerk ego years I get terrible reviews everywhere I go. Harry Connick, Jr. reviews terrible I'm a huge Freddie Mercury fan. I think he was the end-all. I love his lack of inhibition, his talent, the chances he took. He made mistakes on his records, and he didn't care. Harry Connick, Jr. records mistake thinking I do the things I like to do. It's sort of a bigger version of having more than one hobby. Harry Connick, Jr. versions hobbies bigger I just liked the feeling of being on stage. Harry Connick, Jr. stage feelings I was raised in the environment where it really wasn't about sittin' around dreaming all the time, it was about practicing and workin' really hard and if a dream ever came to you, you'd be prepared for that opportunity. Harry Connick, Jr. environment dream opportunity If your record doesn't sell that well, man, who cares? All the satisfaction I need... comes when I step out onstage and see the people. That's awesome. I love that. Harry Connick, Jr. love men people I'm a natural piano player. So all the practicing I do at this point is in my head. If I don't play for a year, my chops aren't going to get any worse. I've spent my time playing scales, and I don't necessarily want to play any faster than I play. So everything I do at this point is more philosophical. Harry Connick, Jr. philosophical player years I think a dad has to make his daughter feel that he's genuinely interested in what she's going through. Harry Connick, Jr. dad daughter mother I'm not a movie star. People know me, but they don't necessarily know what they know me for. I get recognised, but it's not like Justin Bieber. It's a nice thing, people are cool. Harry Connick, Jr. movie nice stars I'm sure that there are reasonable people that had some reasonable projections about the future of New Orleans, but none of those could include not trying to rebuild the city and make it better than it was before. Harry Connick, Jr. new-orleans cities people You have to read scripts and audition and develop relationships. It takes a long time to develop a body of work but over the last 25 years I guess I've done that many movies. In hindsight it may seem effortless, but there's a lot of work that goes into it. Harry Connick, Jr. done long years When I'm acting, I'm in a different place, singing is the last thing on my mind, and when I'm on stage, there's no acting at all involved, not even presentation, it's just who I am. Harry Connick, Jr. singing who-i-am mind 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 vice versa. Harry Connick, Jr. vice-versa vices song My mom and I were super tight. I think she really wanted me to be an artist, you know? She used to like to tell people she wanted to be Beethoven's mother. That was her thing. She wanted to be the mother of this person. Harry Connick, Jr. mom artist mother We have been working with Habitat for Humanity and we have built eighty homes, 80% of which are being lived in by New Orleans' musicians. It is called the Musicians' Village and at the center is the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music. Harry Connick, Jr. new-orleans humanity home The whole 'American Idol' way of looking at things is the antithesis of what I grew up with. There are a whole lot of kids wanting to be famous now, whereas if I'd even mentioned that word to one of my teachers, I would have got into a whole load of trouble. Harry Connick, Jr. idols teacher kids I mean these people who work on Broadway, in my opinion, are the most gifted of everyone. I mean they really know how to dance. They really know how to act. They really know how to sing. They know how to perform. Harry Connick, Jr. dance inspirational mean I have no doubt that the government of this great nation will work with its people to lead New Orleans and the Gulf Coast back to an enlightened, proud, safe part of the world. Harry Connick, Jr. new-orleans government people There's some things I can't write about, just terrible personal tragedies. Harry Connick, Jr. terrible tragedy writing
