I truly believe that people like myself, who are in a position of entertainers in the limelight, should keep their mouth shut on politics.

Knowing so many people like myself who are singers and in traveling bands, the people you're in a relationship with feel slighted because they feel you're giving all your energy to your fans, and there's a lot of truth to that.

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'm in awe of people like Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard; they're great musicians and people. But I'm most starstruck by people in the small town where I live. Especially single dads, like me, who are working five times as hard to raise their kids.

I don't write songs thinking about formats, where is it going to get played, who am I gonna please, what's the outlet for it.

The Super Bowl is helping out. It's nice that people are bringing some money into Detroit.