Harry Connick, Jr. Quotes
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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 funk; modern jazz to traditional jazz.
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I'm able to sometimes express things even more articulately on the piano than I am with singing.
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Live theater is just an incredibly powerful medium, and I think anyone who goes, whether they know about it or not, if they see something that sort of fits with them, it's kind of hard to deny that they had a good time.
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I say sorry to my wife about five times a day for various reasons.
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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.
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I do the things I like to do. It's sort of a bigger version of having more than one hobby.
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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.
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I'm not trying to be romantic. I think you can tell when people are trying to be sexy onstage. When I was doing 'All the Way,' I was really thinking about my wife. People don't know my personal experience, but they can tell it's an honest interpretation.
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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 it. With grace and with dignity, move through them. Deal with them.
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With imagination, I'll get there.
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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.
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I just liked the feeling of being on stage. My parents weren't pushing me, they didn't have to, I was obsessed.
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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.
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I get terrible reviews everywhere I go.
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I like to jump some rope and swing kettle bells to get my blood pumping. It makes my voice sound better, and it clears my head.
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When asked how he's keeping his 12-year marriage to wife Jill fresh Hookers, drugs. We're playing the field right now.
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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.
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I love my wife and I know she loves me. We're best friends. We're just lucky to have found each other. It takes a lot of work but I just feel very blessed that I found the right person. It's a very fortunate situation and not everyone has that.
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I'm a musician. Anything I've done as an actor has come from that.
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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.
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My life is spontaneous and things just kind of happen.
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You know, I feel as comfortable in an uncomfortable situation as I do when things are going smoothly.
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To be a good kisser start slow, definitely ramp into it and remember somebody's on the other side of your mouth!
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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.