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.

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

So why am I facing a recall election? Simple: the big government union bosses from Washington want their money. They don't like the fact that I did something fundamentally pro-worker; something that's truly about freedom.

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

But Mitt Romney understands, like I understand, that people - not governments - create jobs.

Chief executives that are successful make good chief executives.

Washington, or as I like to call it, 68 square miles surrounded by reality.