I am a collector of many things, but I particularly love the sterling silver mint julep cups, each engraved with the titles of the Broadway shows in which I appeared.

Labels don't really impress, it's the uniqueness and risk in decor that inspire.

You know, I think I was always intrigued by theater since I was a small child.

Until everyone is free, the experiment of America is not succeeding. We all want opportunity.

I did grow up in New Orleans. I grew up right on the lake, right across the levee.

Did Anthony Hopkins really have to be a serial killer to be in 'Silence of the Lambs?,' I don't think so, no. It's called acting, people.

In the dining room, next to my collection of colorful papier-mache Mardi Gras float art, hang draperies made of the New Orleans toile fabric that I designed pre-Katrina for Hazelnut.

Put every light you have on a dimmer. Because after a certain age, we can play with the lighting and set it on how you look best on it. Its cheaper than plastic surgery.

I tend to wake up in the middle of the night with ideas crying to be documented.

It's funny... musical theater is what paid my rent and kept me going for the longest time.

We have a costume closet at home. My family will put on a costume for any excuse.

Whenever I get that sad, depressed feeling, I go out and kill a policeman.

Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won't stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.

Death must be easy cuz life is hard

I'm more eclectic.Maybe I'm minimalist in the respect that I love black...black for the winter, white for the summer, you know? But I love artisanal things.

The choices you've made in the past are the direct cause of all your unhappiness today.

I would never use obscene language in the office. Certainly not. I kept my obscene language for the home, where it belongs.

We seem to think that the earth must go through the ordeal of sheep-pasturage before it is habitable by man.

As a result of manifest destiny, we gutted our resources.

When chill November's surly blast Made fields and forests bare.

Do not Blame the world. Find a solution.