Music is part of the big three. New Orleans is food, architecture and music. Everyone in New Orleans is a musician or has a relative who's a musician, whether they are professional or amateur.

It was a very active hall; they had dances and music there.

I was going to be an architect. I graduated with a degree in architecture and I had a scholarship to go back to Princeton and get my Masters in architecture. I'd done theatricals in college, but I'd done them because it was fun.

James is studying architecture now, but neither Paul nor I would be surprised if he moves into music, as he has such a passion for playing.

Architecture in general is frozen music.

I have found among my papers a sheet . . . in which I call architecture frozen music.