I've always made music from the heart, and that's what I do.

That's why I called my record Devil Without a Cause - I'm a white boy who's so sick of hearing that white kids are going to steal rap.

I don't tell 'U.S. Weekly' which parties I'm going to. I write songs.

I still believe I have a lot of liberal thoughts, but I also believe when you work hard, you shouldn't be penalized and pay more because you work hard.

I've never done songs with people just for the sake of the great combination. I've always done songs with friends.

I've got friends who didn't vote. I want to smack them upside the head.

And there's a feeling you get from making music that is unlike anything else in the world.

If you had told me when I was starting out that I would be coming down to Nashville, kind of weaving in and out of the country scene, I never would've thought that in a million years.

These poor kids in Baghdad have no running water, no showers. They wipe with baby wipes. My heart goes out to them.

You know, I guess there's enough information out there to support that I'm a crazy, wild dude and rock and roll and this, that and the other. And there's enough information to support that, you know, I'm a single father, that, you know, has been a pretty standup guy in his community and pretty private about that stuff. But it's on both sides.

You've got to work hard for your success and you've got to have a steady presence. That's the secret.

I love to be pushed so I can prove myself, because once again, I will.

I tend to vote Republican, but I don't like the hardcore views on either side, and I'm not in bed with anybody.

Every day I feel different about music, but what never changes is my love for it.

Getting married was a ball. Being married was... a nightmare.

I am an avid hunter and marksman, and I will not hesitate to shoot anyone who has myself or family in fear for our lives.

I never said I wanted to be around for a long time. I always said I wanted to be here for a good time.

I've paid for more pianos in hotel lobbies than you can imagine.

People in north Michigan are not different at all from people in southern Alabama. Trust me, someone who's spent a lot of time in both places. They're all hardworking, simple people.

I make a lot of money. I can take a pay cut. All my friends are taking pay cuts that are in the unions, that are - that are farming in Alabama or whatever it is. I can surely take a pay cut, too, not cutting down my show or - or the people that work for me, I can take a pay cut.

Two of my grandparents died in a car crash. Sucks, 'cause they would have lived to a hundred.

I like who I am.

I still love old-school hip-hop, but there hasn't been a lot that I've taken from the new stuff.

I think anybody that's worked hard and has built something and has been successful can testify to how, you know, how wonderful that was, how wonderful it still is.