I still consider it a summer job, though. So, I try to maintain that summer job as long as I can. But it's exciting to be able to have the opportunity to do things I always dreamed of as a kid.

Places I've lived since then had to have some kind of uniqueness and character about them. And logically Key West, and then Down Island. So, all of that stuff sort of had it's roots in New Orleans and went crazy.

And I wound up in New Orleans for all those years and it was a great place, really a catalyst creatively.

You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will write it down.