I promised to empower the taxpayer - instead of a handful of big government union bosses.

In times of crisis what has made America amazing has been the fact that, throughout our history, throughout the more than 200 years of our history, there have been men and women of courage, who stood up and decided it was more important to look out for the future of their children and their grandchildren than their own political futures.

Governors should be defined not just by what they do and say, but who they surround themselves with.

In my teenage years I was as addicted to great pop as I was to free jazz, electronic music, and hardcore blues.

We for sure need to secure the border. I think we need to enforce the legal system. I'm not for amnesty, I'm not an advocate of the plans that have been pushed here in Washington... we need to find a way for people to have a legitimate legal immigration system in this country, and that doesn't mean amnesty.

About 70 percent of everything is really sketched out on my keyboard beforehand, because I do want accidents to happen in the studio.

My problem with public sector union leaders, the bosses, has been they stood in the way of protecting the taxpayer.