Iconic artists are never straight ahead. Michael Jackson loved Elvis and Burt Bacharach, and uniquely blended both of them into what he did.

And when I say equality, I mean equality for everybody. Who are you telling who they can marry and who they can’t? What is this? This is 2014.

Music is all of a sudden much more colorful.

I try not to cry, in general. The experience of crying is so emotional and uncomfortable for me that I don't like to go there.

All kings and queens are not born of royal bloodlines. Some become royal because of what they do once they realize who they are

The people have allowed me to - they've respected my choice of wanting to be like, a little, you know, a baby alchemist, and just trying to mix different cultures together and things that I think are interesting.

So many people just have that innate thing that allows them to express themselves in a way the majority can follow. That's when you're affecting culture.