For me, President Obama is our best choice because he has a vision of the United States as a place where we are all in this together.

You know hearts these days are cheap.

Elvis Presley is all there is. There just ain't no more. Everything starts and ends with Elvis. He wrote the book. He is everything to do and not to do in the music business.

The audiences are there as a result of my history with the band but also as a result of my being able to reach people with a tune.

The artists we love, they put their fingerprint on your imagination, and on your heart and your soul.

You've always got to remember, rock and roll's never been about giving up. For me, for a lot of kids, it was a totally positive force... not optimistic all the time, but positive. It was never--never--a bout surrender.

I'm interested in what it means to be an American. I'm interested in what it means to live in America. I'm interested in the kind of country that we live in and leave our kids. I'm interested in trying to define what that country is.