People looked at me as a carpetbagger coming over from pop to country. But it helped because it got me in the room.

I've always listened to country music. I wanted Hootie to become a country band at first, but I was outvoted.

I'd work with Charles Kelley anytime. I'd go do a 'Pancho and Lefty' record with Charles. He is class, man.

Billy Graham isn't about politics - Billy Graham is about God.

Everything that I do on stage comes from seeing the Black Crowes in '95 in Charlotte. For 'Let Her Cry,' I was just trying to write 'She Talks to Angels.'

I'm a big Black Crowes guy. I think they are one of America's greatest rock & roll bands ever.

I think the people who are sitting in their living room doing those, 'Let's take country music back' blogs and all that stuff, that's crazy to me. No one's saying that about rock & roll, and no one sounded like the Beatles since 1960. No one says that about R&B, and no one sounded like the Commodores since 1970.

People go, 'Oh, you're another guy who crossed over to country.' I say, name another one. Name one other pop singer who's done what I've done as a country singer. There isn't one.

I pay almost no attention to the charts.

I love Bob Dylan. 'Blood on the Tracks' is one of my top five records.

There are so many people who would like to see me not make it in Nashville. But that's good motivation.

Every time I make a record, it's make-or-break time. I hope I always have that mentality - that's what keeps me fired up.

No doubt about it, country is a much more family-friendly business than pop.

We work so hard to stay true to country music. People can say they don't like it, but they can't say it's not country.

The first year I started liking the Dolphins was Super Bowl VI, which they lost to the Cowboys. I was 5. My whole family was pulling for the Cowboys, so I rooted for the Dolphins. They lost, and I cried.

I played every position, from right tackle to quarterback and everything in between.

I think I could take a job as an NFL scout.

I live for the NFL. I watch so much of it.

Everybody wants to have a good time, especially at a concert. That's why everybody goes.

It's always a positive when radio is playing your music and fans are responding.

Every time I have a song that does well, that's a great feeling to have.

You're always proud that people still want to hear what you're doing.

I'm a strong man of faith.

My life will not be defined by a single political campaign. Those will come and go. But what has driven me to run for elected office in the past still drives me today: the knowledge that heroes do walk among us with tremendous strength and power.

The next generation is going to have to understand that Social Security is just one leg of a stool. We need to actually bring back that savings incentive, and the only way you're going to be able to do that is if you have a job.

Better educating our college students on the risks of high student debt and helping them to find alternatives to taking out student loans would help make the difference to their financial future.

Open borders would be clear access to this country without going through a legal immigration process, and that's exactly what Mrs. Clinton is wanting us to do.

I knew I always wanted to get involved in politics.

You have to have enough conviction to stand for something. It doesn't matter if it's the opposing party or your own party.

Al Sharpton doesn't even pay for his own suits.

I'm tired of politicians saying one thing to get elected and then going to Washington, D.C., or Denver or wherever and completely forgetting about you.

I'm somebody who has a military background, grew up in Colorado Springs, and has been a Colorado resident basically since I was two and a half.

I'm pro-life. I believe in life at conception.

What I'm in favor of is making sure we have security for our country and we can control access to our country.

I would say a successful campaign reflects the desire of the people who are there to support a candidate.

I am an unapologetic Christian, constitutional conservative, pro-life, Second Amendment-loving American!

I, for one, want to see Mr. Cruz as a Supreme Court appointee.

I will absolutely be supporting the Republican platform and voting for Mr. Trump.

I grew up in a broken home.

Hillary Clinton is a threat to the rule of law and to our safety and security.

When you spend almost two years out talking to people, praying with them, and really finding out some of those tough issues that are impacting them, it makes a lasting impression on you.

Like anything, I remember who I work for. You work for the people who sent you to office.

I have nothing negative to say about Congressman Lamborn.

I run a campaign where we do not take on debt.

My life is an open book.

I'm accountable to my God, and I haven't done anything I'm embarrassed of.

I open my mind and allow the Holy Spirit to come in.

Climate change - we can debate that until the cows come home, for lack of a better way of stating that. The bottom line is, I do not believe that man is contributing to that factor.

As conservatives, we cannot just concede education over to the Democrats. We really need to be actively involved. And that's why I've been such a proponent of school choice and the other options that are out there, because the Left is clearly out there driving the agenda, trying to shape the minds of the next generation.

I want to make sure that when we're talking about health care, you want to make sure that women have the ability and access to health care so that they understand all the different options that are out there.