Very specifically, Nickelodeon is aimed at eight- and nine-year-olds.

I just always wrote songs as a side hobby. So it was sort of a natural thing to write comedy songs. But when I started writing songs, I wrote very serious songs. Or things that a 13-14 year-old would think are very serious issues.

Every year, dads will dress up as Santa and try to surprise their kids by coming down the chimney, and every year, a dad gets stuck and dies.

My big influences are piano artists like Billy Joel and Elton John.

A pope going through a faith crisis would be funny to see.

There?s always only five or six guys, maybe seven or eight guys that can win.