Jimi Hendrix is the greatest guitar player in the world... a guy who mastered that instrument. It was talking when he played. And when he did a solo, he made the guitar cry - or made it sound like it was coming from the devil's amplifier.

Don't you love it that Prince doesn't use Twitter? Don't you think he's somewhere on a unicorn?

I just write songs that I strongly believe in and that are coming from inside. There's no tricks. It's honesty with big melodies.

You gotta know what you are, who you are and how you want to be portrayed.

What I like about Elvis is the same thing I like about James Brown, Michael Jackson, Prince. These guys, back in the day, there was no smoke and mirrors. It was just raw talent. They would step out onstage and command an audience. Talk about awesome.

You can't knock on opportunity's door and not be ready.

I really wish I knew what I was doing because I'd be writing hit songs every minute.