I Don't Feel The Obligation To Be

I Value My Privacy And My Personal Life - And I Certainly Don't Exploit My Personal Life.

I Think People Today Are Very Cynical. They Need To Bring Other People Down. Reality Television And Tabloid Magazines—never Before Did We Need To See Movie Stars Taking Out Their Garbage. But All Of A Sudden, It's Front-page News—trying To Figure Out Who's Dating Whom, All That Stuff. Who Cares?

I've Always Loved Louisiana And Particularly New Orleans, And I Think A Lot Of People When They Travel There, Think They're Home There - There Are Just So Many Spirits, It's So Rich In Culture. It's Steeped In A True Spirit Of Individuality That Makes This Country. It's The Oldest Part Of Our Story, In A Way. And Being In That Climate, It Was Really Conducive To Letting Our Imaginations Soar. I Found It To Be The True Inspiration.

My Grandmother Was Also An Active Member Of The Tenants Association And A Staunch Supporter Of The Democratic Party, And Both Of My Parents Were Extremely Liberal, So I Think I Grew Up In A Household That Was Very Politically Conscious - We All Watched The Elections On Tv, And We Watched The Debates. So It Was An Awareness That We Were Raised With, And As We Grew Into Young Adults, We Just Naturally Became Politically Active. It Was Just Understood That It Was Important, That It Was Our Responsibility.

A Smile From An Attractive Woman At A Bar Very Rarely Ends Up In Any Sort Of Sexual Encounter. But A Man Is A Fool Not To Push The Suggestion As Far As It Will Go, And He's That Man.