that is incredible. also the woman who knows charlie sheen better than anybody. >> the charlie that some of you have seen over the last six months is not the person that i met and married. >> denise richards, her life, her loves. >> oh, i've had many loves. >> and what she thinks of her ex-husband today. >> i'm way too old for him now. >> this is piers morgan tonight. adam levine is the front man of a megasuccessful band maroon 5 and sold 15 million albums around the world and a big win on nbc's "the voice" and joins me now. congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> what's been the bigger thrill, 15 million albums or big talent show superstar? >> gosh, i mean, 15 million -- every time someone says that it blows my mind and i can't believe it. the talent show thing was -- i'm not sure any of us knew what to expect and obviously you being part of it as well. >> i haven't sold 15 million albums. >> true. you haven't done that. >> i have no discern ibl talent. >> that's not necessarily true. you know, i was just very open minded but a little skeptical and curious about it and wound up working in kind of, hate to sound so heavy about it, but kind of changed my life a little bit. >> i want to ask you that. because you've been a very cool rock star but there is a difference. there's a credibility thing which i know you all go through. >> absolutely. >> i'm sure all of you, a stellar cast of judges, coaches. >> yes. part of it was that though. a huge part of it was finding out who was going to be involved with the show. >> right. >> once that started taking shape i thought, okay. this could be really cool. everyone is in a different phase of their career and it's kind of a great thing. >> you worried if it didn't do that well it could damage the maroon 5 end of things? >> not necessarily. it seemed like it was one of those things where well okay. here is a slight calculated risk i guess you could say and you can't take away things like selling a lot of records and having a huge fan base. it isn't going to vanish overnight. potentially this could be a good vehicle for the band and a great thing. so i saw more potential in it than anything else. and of course it could have been the down side which is being a massive failure but that didn't happen. >> how has it changed your life? interesting you say that. >> just being able to -- the mentor aspect was kind of a surprise for me. just being able to help people along with knowledge that we were, you know, i have gained over the years. i never thought i was particularly -- i'm in a band. i write songs. i sing. perform on stage. i never thought of myself as having the tools to kind of help somebody along. and that process was surprisingly amazing. i had such a great time doing it and i didn't realize i actually liked doing it. >> you are very nice on that show all of you. obviously this isn't the m.o. that i bring to my judgmental behavior but -- >> you see a vast array of things on your show. we are focusing on one thing we know a lot about and we're all fixated on the singing part. it's a little different. i'm sure i'd probably be the same way on your show because there are so many different types of things. >> you said a wonderful line about the people we're not turning our chairs around for could win "american idol" a real meow moment. >> a real jab. whatever. it's the biggest show on television. i can take a little jab. it wasn't an uppercut or anything. >> have you been surprised how your profile has changed since the smash hit of "the voice?" >> yeah. i was very, very happy and comfortable with the level of fame that i had. i didn't really think about that as much when i took the job. and i didn't really realize what i was getting myself into as far as that's concerned because this is, they call it tv fame. this is a very different thing. people see you on tv every day. they start knowing your name. i was always just the guy from maroon w5 until i became myself. >> now it's adam. >> it is very strange people calling your name on the street. hey adam. you think it's your buddy. >> is it a bit unsettling after years of being slightly below that radar and suddenly like, whoa. you're this famous tv guy. >> a little unsettling but better than i experienced before though it didn't just skyrocket all of a sudden or become something i couldn't handle. i'm a little older now. i'm not 17. i don't know how kids deal with it when they're younger. i'm so happy it all kinds of evolved and grew slowly as opposed to slapped in the face with it. >> i thought i had problems with sharon osbourne but christine takes things to a whole new level doesn't she? >> again, on national television, she's fine. you know? i mean, listen. we're all a pain in the [ bleep ] in our own unique, beautiful way. piers morgan i'm sure you're a pain in the [ bleep ]. >> most people could cover that. >> no, but it's -- everyone has their thing and people bust her chops a little bit but it's fine. nothing out of control really. >> did you all feel the competitive juices coming out? >> not so much. well, a little bit. not so much with each other. i feel like i've got three great new friends and it's awesome wean have fun. playfully competitive. the real competition is i really just wanted the right person to win and i was all bent out of shape about it the night before, thinking who was going to do it, nervous, freaking out. i was in it. i was definitely wrapped up in the whole thing. >> i want to throw a few names at you as if they've appeared on "the voice." you've got to give a bit of -- >> do i have to turn my chair around or mentor them? >> do either. you'll know who they are. >> okay. >> what would your reaction be? >> oh, she is ridiculous. she is so good. you know. she would win. i'm not sure i could win by the way. this was a very humbling experience. i'm a fine singer and i have a decent voice an think a distinct voice but i don't have one of these belty voices so my own confidence in myself to win something like this isn't necessarily, you know, i don't think i would be a ringer but adele would be. >> justin bieber? >> great singer. that kid can sing, man. >> could he win "the voice?" >> he could. he could. i mean, it really depends. another thing i learned about the show is it is so hard to say. javier is almost supernatural in his ability. that is just not normal. you know what i'm saying. physical ability wise he is probably one of the best singers i've ever heard in my life. >> really. >> yeah. >> for all those who criticize these talent shows. >> yeah. >> we found a girl last year jaqui avenco who david foster sat in the studio and said he had been mentoring whitney houston and barbara streisand and others but this girl had the best voice at her age he had ever heard before. and, you know, i look at susan bowles and these others. these shows can produce bona fide, huge stars. >> one thing interesting to think about is the artistry connected to it. it's not always just about being an amazing singer. there are a lot of other things, songs, production, the styling, who you are as a person, whether people like you. there are a lot of different things especially now in the wake of all the social media taking over and becoming so prevalent. they want to love you, too. >> likability is always a key thing at these shows. >> absolutely. >> how would someone like lady gaga do given that she doesn't go out of her way to say like me. she is provocative. daring. >> yeah. she is great. she's a performer. showmanship is a huge thing for her. she is a huge performer. so her -- >> could she win a show like "the voice?" >> given the right circumstances, probably. you know, i -- for all of the rest of the craziness that goes on when that woman is on stage, at, if you stripped it all away i think she does have a good voice. i think that there's a lot of distractions from that but i don't think of her as a nonmusician. you know, she writes and those things too. >> i want to play you a little clip from this "moves like jagger" collaboration you came up with from "the voice". ♪ ♪ >> you looked a bit uncomfortable watching yourself there. >> no, no. i don't like watching myself back on television. singing on tv sucks because my voice isn't particularly big. i don't have a big -- i have a thinner, small voice. >> when you're next to christina, i saw her perform at a private party donald trump had last summer and she's about this high and bus ls through full of attitude and then just began to sing. i've never heard a voice that big as close as i was. i mean, she is extraordinary. >> she is an extraordinary talent and that's the thing is, you know, shows up a little bit late and everyone is ticked off, opens her mouth and starts singing and no one cares. it is incredible. she does blow your mind and you realize, oh, yeah. okay. wow. you know? so she's great. >> if i was to put you on "america's got talent" but you couldn't sing what would your talent be? what are the secret adam levine talents? >> adam levine? i, you know, i was all in with music. i'm not sure. >> weird little party pieces? >> i can balance things on my nose pretty well. >> really? >> yeah. >> how big a thing can you balance on your nose? >> i can balance a lot of stuff on my nose. i can balance probably nothing in here. i don't know. >> well, i'm going to get something. >> i start looking and if i see something, on my chin, too. i can do guitars. quite amazing actually. >> well i like this theory. i think what we'll do is go to break and find something you can balance on your nose. >> i did it when i was about 7 years old. ill deit. i will do it right now. >> great. let's have a break and then we come back to adam levine the great nose balancer. announcer: when life's this hard, it's no wonder 7,000 students drop out every school day. visit boostup.org and help kids in your community stay in school. ♪ she said good-bye too many times before ♪ ♪ her heart is breaking for me and i have no choice because i won't say good-bye anymore ♪ >> well, that was your day job obviously. >> yes. >> singing this love. but enough of that for a moment because the challenge has been laid down. you have claimed to be an accomplished nose and i believe chin balancer depending on the object. >> yeah. >> so let's see a bit of this. come on. >> all right. >> ascending glory of instruments. >> members of family have seen me do this since i was a child. probably could do this sitting down but i don't want to -- >> okay. >> all right, kids. be somebody. all right. brilliant. brilliant. >> that's what we do here in hollywood, folks. >> that's good. okay. let's move up to the small broom. >> this has to go on my chin because it's an awkward shape. can i come down here? >> yeah. >> this is so dumb. i don't know why i can do it. >> that is incredible. >> i can do it forever. it is really therapeutic. >> okay. here we go. this is the biggy. this is heavy. >> this kind of sucks. it's heavy. >> if i do this do i get like 15 bucks or something? >> you can definitely come back. >> all right. not even 15 bucks. wow. all right. [ bleep ]. sorry. >> you can say that. this is a high pressure environment. >> adam levine breaks chin at piers morgan. oh, here we go. pressure. >> the pressure is mounting here. that is incredible. that is brilliant. if i had my hat on i'd take it off to you. >> that's right, america. bet you didn't know that. >> have you ever performed this stunt live on television? >> no. you know what? i probably never will again. >> well, your talent is now exposed. the reason i like you is when you tweet things like this. when people complain about papparazzi, i want to slap them in the face. you signed up for this, dip [ bleep ]. buck up. >> a little harsh. >> but somebody in the music business who recognizes it's a two way street, this, isn't it? >> it is a two way street and also a two way street as far as the way you look at it because people do want to be famous for whatever reason. for me i just wanted to be a successful singer. i think it had less to do with fame than anything else but, you know, if you're going to sign up for this job and be on television or be doing music or going to be an actor there's going to be a certain amount of this that comes with it. a lot of people that start hating it and when it starts to consume them and own them they brought it on themselves. sometimes that is not the case but to complain about it so passionately, i think, is irresponsible because there are a lot of people with real problems. >> half the world is starving. 9.2% of the american population is out of work. >> yeah. >> i'm hearing very wealthy celebrities, i always feel this, hearing very wealthy celebrities bleeting about the perils and price of fame is very boring. >> it is nothing more than a pain in the ass and sometimes a giant pain in ways i don't understand but i respect that. >> there are very few stars at the level where it becomes intolerable. if you're britney spears going through the meltdown she had i get it. too much. princess diana and so on. but there are very few in that league of that kind of attention. >> absolutely. most of the people in that position don't complain as much as the others. >> do the papparazzi give you a hard time? >> no. they don't bother me. every time they do like i said, you know, they don't stalk me at my house or anything like that but just hey, how you doing? what's up? hey, can you get out of my way? if it's a pain in the [ bleep ] it's a pain in the [ bleep ] but i don't like how people go on about it and i appreciate it that you appreciated that tweet. >> i totally did. you also tweeted being royalty must be painfully boring. i bet they never did anything cool like play naked twister. did you ever play naked twister? >> i never played naked twister. i just thought it was funny. i was banking on the fact that royalty probably hadn't. >> when you saw prince william, duke and duchess of cambridge in hollywood recently what did you make of all the fuss that came with them? >> it's exciting. you know? especially for us. we don't have royalty anymore. >> why do americans like the royals so much? >> i think they like the romantic kind of idea behind it. it's a very cool thing when you don't have that anymore. nostalgia i think. >> i'm watching all these huge stars like barbara streisand and tom hanks and so on bustling to get near william and kate. it was quite fascinating to observe. >> that is so funny. that is exactly what happened when i was at the obama inauguration was that you saw these extremely famous people just falling all over each other to get to see the president and meet the president so you had this list of people and it was incredible to see them become groupies. pretty incredible. >> who do you get star struck by? who have you been star struck by? >> star struck. who was i star struck by? that is a weird term. i would say i was, i don't really get star struck unless i have a tremendous amount of respect for someone. >> you are a massive beatles fan right? paul mccartney? >> yeah. no i haven't met him and if i had i would be a bit star struck but it's a strange way to look at it because i would be just kind of enamored because he was so important to me growing up that i would be kind of blown away. but star struck, you know. >> your whole family were beatles fans? >> yeah. i was raised on the beatles. i was quizzed about who was singing what in every song. my mom was a massive beatles fan so she started me out on the path. >> paul mccartney is watching you're available? i'd really like to meet you. i promise i won't be star struck. i'd like to visit liverpool. >> if you couldn't get any more sickening, super rich, good looking, now a smash on tv. >> good for my confidence. >> you also date one of the world's most beautiful russian super models. i would like to come back after break and vomit in your general direction. >> no problem. imagine... one scooter or power chair that could improve your mobility and your life. one medicare benefit that, with private insurance, may entitle you to pay little to nothing to own it. one company that can make it all happen ... your power chair will be paid in full. the scooter store. hi i'm doug harrison. we're experts at getting you the power chair or scooter you need. i didn't pay a penny out of pocket for my power chair. with help from the scooter store, medicare and my insurance covered it all. call the scooter store for free information today. ♪ let me be and i'll set you free ♪ ♪ i am in misery there ain't nobody who can comfort me ♪ ♪ oh, yeah why won't you answer me ♪ >> so there you are singing "misery" to a tall, leggy, blonde, beautiful super model from russia, who is your girlfriend. i mean, how miserable can that particular vignette be? not miserable at all. i'm not complaining about any of that. now look. you're in the enviable position of being able to basically pick and choose your female partners and let's be fair. you've been through a pretty heavy selection list in the past. this one appears, we're now 18 months in? >> that is an alleged list. >> how many? >> an alleged list. none are true. anyway, my relationship is going very well. let's talk about that. >> where did you meet anna? >> i met her, i'm not telling that story. why? how bad is it? >> it's not bad. just not particularly inspiring. i don't want to tell it. it's for me. >> fair enough. >> the relationship i like to keep to myself. she is wonderful and everything is fantastic. >> how does she deal with the cliche' of millions of women freaking out when they see you? >> you know, millions of men are always trying to sleep with her so it works itself out. >> who gets more jealous? >> pretty even. we're good. we laugh about it. it's fun. >> you're in a business full of temptation. one where it's littered with people who fall off the rails in a pretty frequent way. how do you manage to avoid that pitfall? heavy drug regimen. that's a joke. that was a joke. once again, that was a joke. no. you know, i think having family and friends around you, having people who support you. having people that are willing to tell you when you're being a jerk, which most people in our positions don't have, you know. >> who do you have that would do that to you? >> so many people. the list is so long. because i was born and raised in los angeles which is a very rare thing and, you know, hey. you're being [ bleep ]. that's okay. people can say that. you know. i don't have any -- i surround myself with people who i love. >> you seem very grounded to me. i've never met you before but you seem very grounded. >> enough. >> a lot of musicians aren't. they're sort of paranoid, schizophrenic. it is a weird environment. >> yes. >> where do you get that from? is it your parents, your family? >> i think i just found balance, you know, through family and through friends and through really wonderful people in my life. >> what is the secret for other musicians coming into this business? it seems to me what the modern revolution is doing is weeding out the plastic pop brigade because actually it is much harder to cheat elijah. >> and the other thing about a band that i'd love to say, we've always made our records for the radio and there was a -- i've always had a slight chip on my shoulder because we are musicians. we play. we're great. we're a band. you know? there's nothing synthetic about what we do. however, we have made records that have been very tight and meticulous, very put together for the radio. you know, and our live shows are very different, much looser. there have been some discrepancies over what we do, how we do it, what we are, identity problems as a band. you know, i think that more and more with "the voice" and the band being more in the spotlight we have an opportunity to put all of th