I grew up in a farm town in Indiana. In the early years I played by myself, because there were no other musicians around.
My dad always told me that the best way to get somebody to get at you is to talk bad about them to somebody else.
When I'm in the studio, I don't finish the song and say, 'That's going to be a big ringtone. '
As long as someone wants to hear my music, I don't care if it's a ringtone or the album or whatever.
You can't hate Britney Spears because, you know what, no matter what Britney Spears been doing, she's still on TV.
Once people tell me I can't do stuff, I'm going to go and make it happen.
I used to sit in front of McDonald's and ask people for dollars to get me a cheeseburger. It was bad.
A man is judged by his friends, for the wise and the foolish have never agreed.
The people of this country want an industrial policy that is for America and Americans.
They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.
It's become another dimension to who I am. I don't think Sports Illustrated is going to be wanting me. But who cares? I'm at a different place in my life.