I just don't like being told what to do.

It's not that I'm Mr. Goody-Two-Shoes now, but I've got my priorities in order.

I am happy to make money. I want to make more money, make more music, eat Big Macs and drink Budweisers.

I didn't come from a trailer park. I grew up middle class and my dad had money and my mom made my lunch. I got a car when I was sixteen. I'm proud of that.

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.

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

If I was president of the good old U.S.A., I'd turn the churches into strip clubs and watch the whole world pray.

I could care less about what people think. I'm a Devil Without A Cause.

You get what you put in and people get what they deserve.

I think what I've learned out of this lifetime is you should be proud of where you come from.

I was the little white kid who rocked the turntables

Struggle is the meaning of life

When going for your goals, staying motivated, enthusiastic, and flexible are daily deeds of daring.

While these Christians (the majority in a recent poll) are particularly concerned that religious freedoms are being eroded in this country, “they also want Judeo-Christians to dominate the culture,

Just drive, rock star. Drive fast. Very fast. Because I’ve got a shopping list ten miles long of the things you’re going to be doing to me.

If your mother cooks Italian food, why should you go to a restaurant?

I believe that we are conforming to the divine order and the will of Providence when we are doing even indifferent things that belong to our condition.

Great art is a regional thing. I'm not saying my art is great. I recognize what I think is great about music is often on a regional level.

You learn to write by reading, and my experiences and tastes as a reader are pretty wide.

I used to believe in a "Ms. Right", but now i know there is like 4 million "Ms. Rights" and it is just a matter of which one you meet first.

Let us pray! God is just, he tries us; God is pitiful, he will comfort us; let us pray!