I fear waking up one morning and finding out my life was all for nothing. We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark. When you're kind to someone in trouble, you hope they remember and are kind to someone else and so on. Soon it will be like a wildfire.

Who amongst us doesn't want to be a hero?

For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues.

I'm a big old egotistical baby and that's okay. I can accept it.

Thank you, God, because I am lucky. Also let's face it, it turns out I'm black. And I'm having a career quite different from lots of people, so I feel doubly lucky.

Just call me black, if you want to call me anything.

If I was doing a talk show, I would do the kind of show that comes on just once a month, with amazing guests.