A Quote by Harry Connick, Jr.

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.

Harry Connick, Jr.

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Harry Connick, Jr.
American - Musician
Born: September 11, 1967

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.

Harry Connick, Jr.

Well, my dad was the district attorney of New Orleans for about 30 years.

Harry Connick, Jr.

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