When I got out of high school I hit the road. I lived like a gypsy. Those were the best times of my life. I was living from club to club not knowing where my next meal was coming from. No credit cards, no apartment, no bills, no managers, just on the road with a truck and five guys.

My father always said, 'It ain't bragging if it's true.'

I'm very close to my parents and we built a sailboat together when I was growing up. We're partners.

I was named after the next-door neighbor's German shepherd. It was either that or Cadillac Smith.

[My father did] advertising. That's why I got into this business. I think because we're really boxes of soap - actors and singers. You're artists, but in the public eye it's a matter of advertising.

I was the only guy who is referred to as Mr. Smith in the New York Times and in the same week as Sexy Rexy in some teen magazine.

I can get into politics. I'm a pretty straight guy for this business. I have a pretty healthy outlook.