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.

The people who are making you feel under attack is your union leadership, and they're doing it for politically intense reasons.

In Wisconsin, we understand people create jobs, not the government. Those who choose to employ - be it one or many - are to be appreciated and encouraged, so as to prosper and increase employment for others in the future.

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

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

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

When we win, it will tell every politician in America that if you are bold, if you do the right thing, if you tackle the tough issues, there will be people standing there right with you.