Why does anything ever happen? Some things happen and some don't.
I think what I've learned out of this lifetime is you should be proud of where you come from.
I think celebrity endorsements hurt politicians.
I still love old-school hip-hop, but there hasn't been a lot that I've taken from the new stuff.
And there's a feeling you get from making music that is unlike anything else in the world.
My shows aren't about trying to save some place, because I don't feel that's the right venue for it. That's my politics right there: Don't bring politics to my shows.
You've got to work hard for your success and you've got to have a steady presence. That's the secret.
As a musician, you want the music in as many hands as you can get it into. More importantly, I want people to get the music for the fairest price, and in the most convenient way. And that's really turned into iTunes when you're talking about selling albums.
As far as my street cred goes, I'll always have that, because I always hang with the kids. I'll jump right off the stage and buy them a beer. I'll be a star on stage, but I'll always hang with the kids.
I think generally I'm a pretty good person if I had to grade myself. Or toot my own horn.
Europeans don't seem to have the groupie mentality.
I have been to anger management twice. After the first session the lady was like, 'Baby, you don't seem that angry at all. You seem like a really nice guy.'
They believed you can't mix rock, country, and rap, and that crossover is dead. I always knew it would work. And it will always work as long as you're really into it and like what you're doing.
When I was making my first record there would be something that would come out that would inspire you, you know? You'd see someone on TV or on the radio.
Surround yourself with good people. Whether they're the best or not, people are capable of learning if they've got good hearts and they're good souls.
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.
On a scale of the United States, the Hollywood influence on what comes out, that's not the majority views of across the country. What we read in Us Weekly or People magazine, or Entertainment Tonight, it's not what the majority of the country is thinking.
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 don't steal things. I'm rich.
I tend to vote Republican, but I don't like the hardcore views on either side, and I'm not in bed with anybody.
There's always a Justin Bieber. Ever since I've been around, there's always been one of him.
A common man, even like myself, I don't know how to pay my taxes.
I do not believe that artists or actors and people should be out there like voicing their full-blown opinions on politics because, let's face it, at the end of the day, I'm not that smart of a guy.
Tell me if this is wrong. Justin Bieber... is 100 percent like watching Vanilla Ice all over again. It's exactly the same. Well, as soon as Bieber has a hit, he'll be like Vanilla Ice.
Everything I've done in my career has started in and around Detroit, you know, the metro area and Michigan.
The Majestic Theater in 1990. That was one of my first real shows where I had 300 to 400 people there.
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.
I'm not a greedy man; there really is nothing I couldn't live without. But if there was a fire, and I saved my child and my pets, I'd be happy.
I hate my own attorneys!
There's so many examples of just how lucky we are to be born anywhere in this world that is free.
I see friends who are in different genres of music, and they say they're so burnt playing the same stuff every night. That's why you see a country act wanting to go out and play an old classic rock song. But what cracks me up is that they all want to be Jimmy Buffett. I can't figure that out.
I'm all about change, and I know things are going to move forward in life, and that's just how it goes.
Go where you're celebrated, not tolerated. I'm celebrated in Detroit.
I've never done songs with people just for the sake of the great combination. I've always done songs with friends.
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.
My goal is to get quieter as I get older.