Growing up, I loved Bill Cosby.

I'd like to collaborate with Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige.

I took whatever the devil offered me.

I never used to tell jokes on stage. Now I'm cutting up jokes all night long.

You have to give love to get love.

Bob Dylan and John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen, these are soul guys. Bruce Springsteen might not sing like Otis Redding, but he sings with white soul. He's singing and he's writing songs from the bottom of his gut.

I write songs like "The Sweetest Love." Of course I'm a little cheesy. Love is cheesy. Love is corny. But it's also the greatest feeling in the whole world.