I'm a strong advocate for music. I think guitars are wonderful.

I'm really tired of Americans being the only ones asked to do all the heavy lifting when it comes to charity, and, quite frankly, my number one concern right now is taking care of the fact that Americans are taking it in the gut without jobs. Many of them working two and three part time jobs. And, if America wants to do something great, let's get our economy growing again, stabilize the dollar, and we'll be in a much better position to help people around the world.

Iraq war has made us overlook domestic agenda.

There's never been a civilization that has rewritten what marriage and family means and survived.

Sometimes, people mistake fire in the belly for too much pepperoni pizza the night before. They make a great speech and people come up to them and tell them, "You could be president." And the next thing you know, they're running, not because they really ought to or have any shot at doing it, but because they have, you know, a handful of people that tell them they are looking at the next president.

My goal is not to win a straw poll that doesn't mean something. It's to win the election that means everything for the future of the country.

If consumers make better choices, the marketplace will change.