The Wayne Brady Show

You're quoted as saying, "I'm not vain. I'm insecure." You're rich. You're talented. You've got a wonderful career. What do you have to be insecure about?

You know how you grow up thinking a certain way? It kind of can stay with you. I didn't think I was the hip part of the scene when I was a little kid. I did not think I was a beauty queen. I grew up feeling very weird, very different - because of being multiracial and not looking like most of my friends. I was always feeling like I was an outsider. So I guess it just stuck with me. It's one of those little inferiority complexes that stick with you.

What kind of guy impresses Mariah Carey?

I like a sense of humor, somebody that's not a push-over type person, we don't like that, and somebody that is successful in their own right, because otherwise you're kind of carrying somebody else's dead weight around. I should do a reality show to find true love. I would. How ridiculous would I be if I did that?

I could produce it for you and be the host. But you need top-shelf guys, guys that represent the whole spectrum of male.

Could we have it with people we're gonna like? There could be some people on there who are other celebrities, maybe.

Like governatorial candidate for California, Gary Coleman?

I'm all about equal opportunity. Give him a buzz.

I was browsing through your calendar. Tell us about this.

We put this together for laughs one day on the beach. Honestly it was not a big ordeal. It was like a last minute decision.

One of my favorite parts of your show was when you walked into the audience. You came down the stairs and you shook hands and hugged people.

I have a close relationship with my fans. Sometimes people are like "It's a little bit much, your relationship with your fans," but it's really not because they are the ones that are always there and do keep me going. When I do a show and sing album cuts and they're singing every lyric, every note back to me. That's really impressive and it makes me feel really good as a songwriter. It's like "Okay, they listened to that part that I agonized over. It was worth something."

We have something we do on the show called Celebrity Sound Off. I'm going to ask you certain things and you give me the response that happens off the top of your head. What's your take on Demi and Ashton?

I think it's like everybody's into the celebrity dating thing right now and everybody's fascinated by them. So hopefully they're happy.

Martha Stewart: guilty or innocent?

Oh I can't be saying who's guilty or not. I don't know. I barely turn on the TV. I'm like, "What happened? I thought she cooked."

Who will still be around in ten years: Christina Aguilera or Britney Spears?

Well, I mean, we would hope they'd both be around somewhere, right?

Is it wrong to buy clothes and return them after you wear them?

I think if somebody feels the need that they really need a new outfit and didn't have the money and they don't get caught - I mean, it's not illegal. If it's not against the law, I don't think it's wrong, because everybody's gotta live, you know? I probably did that when I was in high school.

Ruben Studdard or Clay Aiken?

Well I don't like to pick when it comes to singers because I start to feel bad. I hate to do that because if I'm watching TV and someone goes "Mariah or whoever?" and they pick the other person and I see them and they're nice to me I'd be like "Well you picked so-and-so instead of me."

(Mariah Daily)