I never planned to win an Oscar. When I auditioned for Ray, I was just thinking about what a great project it would be.

And perfect happiness? Man, that's a...the pool is about 92 degrees, the Jacuzzi is about 102 and an avocado farm.

Yeah, anytime anybody has a kid, you know how you feel when you have a kid, you look at the world differently because your kid's in the world now. When it's just you, whatever happens happens but now you pay more attention to political things. You pay more attention to things because your daughter or your son has to deal with these circumstances.

Give it up for Ray Charles and his beautiful legacy. And thank you, Ray Charles, for living.

I am a comedian and you guys know whatever I say, I don't mean any of it.

Now ballads, I can mess around and get up on somebody on a ballad. People ain't seen it yet, but I can mess around and get up in there. I've had Ruben Studdard up in my house, Brian McKnight, Tank. Every once in a while I throw down with them.

If I were an animal, I would be an eagle.