Every city I go to is an opportunity to paint, whether it's Omaha or Hawaii.

I knew very early that somehow I would sing and draw and paint my whole life.

I'd like to have every gentleman and lady in this room commit themselves to get our government to legalize drugs. So they have to get it through a doctor, not just some gangsters who sell it under the table. Let's legalize drugs like they did in Amsterdam. No one's hiding or sneaking around corners to get it. They go to a doctor to get it.

"Benedetto" means the "blessed one" and I feel that I have truly been blessed.

I try to tell the story about the song with the believability that I've lived it myself and I understand what it's all about.

I still insist that American performers are the best performers in the world.

I think there's an opportunity for a couple of them for sure, maybe more depending upon the situation, but it's too early to say which ones. It's a pretty competitive fight. And that doesn't mean the older guys are just going to walk into spots. I remind them all the time - you got to earn everything you get. And that's what made our team good last year, is guys really competed for opportunities and understood their roles.