The Nashville Network, that's all I would watch as a kid.
I'm a commercial-minded songwriter. I'm here to make a living and be on the radio.
We're not on a desperate mission to write chart compatible stuff.
I will veto any tax increase.
When I first registered to vote I registered as a Democrat.
I am my own person.
Deep within I'm shaken by the violence of existing for only you...
Baseless victimhood is usually the last stage before outright aggression.
I threw bitter tears at the ocean, but all that came back was the tide.
I don't want any man to have control over me.
There's nothing in the recent past I want to write about.
Whatever I feel, I say frankly.
Television has made dictatorship impossible but democracy unbearable.
You know when civilization began? With the invention of the mirror.
I read and write classical piano and percussion, also guitar.
Inside, I feel 30ish - I'm childish and optimistic.
Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions.
People think that I'm conceited, and I'm not a nice person.
I left Motown because of the regime of people who were there.
I have been to Libya and walked the streets of Benghazi myself.
Racists are irrational and illogical in their attempts to justify their prejudices.
