I've never been fired in my life.

Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer.

When I look at myself, I'd like not to have hair on the top of the ceiling.

The thing that's tricky is sometimes the best voices - just because someone hits the big notes and sounds amazing - it doesn't necessarily mean they make the greatest artists.

I'm a native New Yorker, so I'm edgier; I kind of tell it like it is.

Good new songs are the backbone of the music industry. There isn't an artist out there who could survive without hit songs.

I think Bruno Mars is a great example of a great voice and classic songwriting with a twist that makes it contemporary. I think he's done a great job of it. I think Katy Perry has undeniable songs for what she does, for that pop market. And, if we're talking in the truly pop market, I would say those two.