You know who a role model for me is? George Ballanchine.

Who is shorter, me or David Silva? I don't know. Probably him.

I didn't know who Langston Hughes was till he met me backstage.

I really don't want my daughters to know me for being that guy who sings songs.

Beware of anyone who says they know. Trust me, they don't, or they wouldn't have to say they did.

I know thousands of German's who are totally different from me, so we're not alike, we're not the same.

Paige is someone who is very close to me - ya know, outside of the ring - she helped me when I first got to NXT.

I know what it's like to be ignored; when I got to L.A., I longed for somebody who looked like me to show me the ropes.

Richard Julian was the one who told me to check out Cartola. Telling someone to check out Cartola is like telling someone to check out Tony Bennett, you know.

I didn't know who Jimmy Choo was. I think Vanessa Williams was also a very big part of that, teaching me about the designers. I had no choice but to learn, and I'm glad I did.

My first influences for playing were Johnny Ramone and Jimmy Page, the same as everybody else. Joe Perry. The guys in Alice Cooper's band, whatever their names were. Mick Ronson from David Bowie. You know who really influenced me to write songs? Iron Maiden.

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