I took whatever the devil offered me.
Some people go to college. For me I studied music my whole life. That was my college.
Inspiration and stealing are two completely different things. If somebody wants to make a song like "Stairway to Heaven" and writes a song on acoustic guitar, Led Zeppelin does not own every song that's on acoustic guitar for the rest of time.
There's an audience for all kinds of great art.
Growing up, I loved Bill Cosby.
There's nothing women love more than an effort. You can even mess it up. The shoes that you bought don't have to be right. You might have gotten the wrong chocolates. But she'll know if you made an effort.