When I'm writing a lyric, I totally forget about the music. I'm just looking at the lyric and thinking about it almost as a separate entity. And then I'll go to my keyboard with all the lyrics printed out and try to think of how to make this a complete musical thing. I've got a very basic keyboard with some presets.

But I don't want massive layoffs of anyone - public or private. We are planning on shrinking government through attrition and reform, not through random pink slips.

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

I have not made any plans for the future, and my wife would kill me if I announced anything before that.

I joke with my kids, who love history, that I'll be the only governor to be elected twice in his first term.

The music has to be as interesting. It has to keep taking you into places that you're at least not used to.

I have unbelievable support among Republicans.