I probably wouldn't be singing if not for Michael Jackson. When I started singing, I didn't like my tone until my mom put me on to Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder, so listening to the way they used their instrument helped me get more comfortable with my own.

I always refer back to the days of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, the Rat Pack. Back when everyone wore a suit because that's what it was to be an entertainer. You were stylish and you were fly, and it was an effortless fly.

There wasn't a lot of R&B cats doing songs at 120 beats per minute before 'Closer,' which I take full credit and responsibility for. That's all good, but it was an experiment. You experiment with something, if it goes good, cool, but you never forget where you come from and R&B is where I come from.

My style is mainly about comfort. It has to be comfortable, it has to lay right on me, know what I mean?

Grab somebody sexy, tell the hey!

What I definitely learnt from Michael Jackson is that simple is almost always better. As a songwriter, as an artist period.

I do not cook. However, if I did, I'd cook all Italian food, all the time.