Sorry, but when you sing songs that the great Mariah Carey sings, you run the hugest risk of being compared to icons. And right now, there's no one hotter than Mariah Carey and we're constantly reminded of how brilliant her voice is. It's a big, big, huge risk to take on a song like that.

I love her, she's such a nice person! I had an opportunity to meet her for the first time at the Z100 concert. Randy [Jackson] was like 'Mariah's here, would y…

My theory is that Mariah Carey can sing anything. You hear that expression, 'She can sing the phone book'. If you can really sing, you should be able to sing a…

Mariah Carey... she is a huge influence on me. I mean, she's amazing.