"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."

"Before I had kids I'd go out on the road for months and months at a time, but now I don't think I'd want to do that anymore, because I'd miss too much time at home, so it's just a matter of monitoring how much work that I do and how much time I'm on the road."

"My dad and mom believed that you do what you have to do in private and don't make a big deal out of it. Just try to help people as much as you can."

"Marriage has made me a lot happier and I'm deeply in love with my wife, and I thank God for her every day."

"People want economy and they will pay any price to get it."

"Heroes can be sweet."

"Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience."

"I remember when I took Quentin Tarantino with me to a very private screening of the documentary 'Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired,' which shows some of the legal irregularities of his case. I was involved by the film, and it was an amazing experience to see people weep at the end of it."