The thing that I took away as an early fan from Bob Dylan was the storytelling aspects. He can tell some wicked stories.

Emil's [Nava], the video director. Originally, I was meant to do all the stuff that the puppet was doing. I just wasn't that comfortable with doing it, so he had a puppet made.

Emil Nava brother is Jake Nava, who did Beyonce's Crazy In Love and stuff. He's always lived in his brother's shadow, and this is the first time that he's just killing sh*t. I'm really just happy that he's on top and really doing well.

Never be friends with your exes if you weren't friends with them before.

And you should never cut your hair 'cos I love the way you flick it off your shoulders

If I ever have any back-up dancers, I want the penguins from Madagascar.

It was always meant to ease out of a big radio song and flow into the next one. Don't is the bridge song in between Sing and Thinking Out Loud.