It's not like the old competition that you had between Leno and Letterman. It's a friendly competition between Fallon and Stephen.

Earliest musical memory is probably being scared stiff with my family's band as a youngster on stage playing the conga drums.

I'm always about trying to fill a need with what I do in my artistry. There is definitely a need in the performing arts world for a movement to come along that seriously connects with a next generation audience while still maintaining the timeless artistic objectives present throughout the history of the American music tradition.

In the process of them developing this instrument, I've been playing the melodica in the style I would like the harmoniboard to be played, which is a mix between a harmonica and keyboard. I play with trumpet style techniques. I really like the mobility of being able to step off the piano and bring the music to the audience.

Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment, drunkenness, and good humor, to a state of chronic edginess and the perpetual scanning of bank statements.

The joy of giving is indeed a pleasure, especially when you get rid of something you don't want.

I learned from a very young age that if I pursued the things that truly excited me, that they would reward in more important ways, like happiness.

Our idea of happiness, some of it, is very tied to the cult of celebrity: there is this golden, wonderful life that I want, and if I dress like that, I'm on my way there.