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

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

More people on unemployment benefits is not success in America, fewer people on not because we kicked them off but because they have been able to get a job in the private sector, because government got out of the way.

Melodies are far more interesting. They are there, in your face, in certain sections of the songs. People do complain about the melody thing, but we do hit patches of melody and beauty, as well as the other stuff.

I'd like now and into the future to play a bigger role not only in Wisconsin and the Midwest, but nationally. I'd like to have an impact.

You should ask the president what he thinks about America.

The unions say 'last hired - first fired,', we say hire and fire based on merit. We want the best and brightest in the classroom.