I always say the best applause you can get is when you walk from backstage up to your microphone at a concert. It's also nice to walk up to the mike at an awards show, and that applause is great, too, but the best is when your fans are cheering for you.

As a songwriter, you might write every day and throughout the course of a year you might get four songs that are really special.

And if I want to get involved in choosing sides, I usually pick hockey or football.

I'm a huge fan of Billy Idol. I spiked my hair every day like him in 7th and 8th grade.

I have been waiting a long time for this. It's been my dream forever. Now that it's a reality, I love it. I haven't been burnt out at all and I have a bunch of guys with me that feel the same way.

I'm part of the party, getting the crowd fired up, singing songs, pouring drinks, whatever it takes to get them to have a good time. When I walk into the meet-and-greet, someone's always going to have a story, a sad story or a happy story.

I'm a member of the George Jones fan club, and I'm a member of U2's fan club.