Make no mistake: Bob Ritchie's up early in the morning taking pictures of his son on the first day of his senior year. Kid Rock is passed out in a hotel room somewhere with four scantily-clad women.

Athletes and musicians make astronomical amounts of money. People get paid $100 million to throw a baseball! Shouldn't we all take less and pass some of that money onto others? Think about firefighters, teachers and policemen. We should celebrate people that are intellectually smart and trying to make this world a better place.

I am happy to make money. I want to make more money, make more music, eat Big Macs and drink Budweisers.

I like to make music, I like rap music. Even if I'm white, I support that music. If I want to support it or any other white kid wants to support it more power to them.

I still don't believe that all pieces of music are the same price. I just don't think that's America.

The spirit of rock 'n' roll is alive and well. It kind of just needs to be cultivated a little bit.

I bought a book of Mark Twain quotes. That's about my speed. I'll read a couple quotes and put it down.

I'm not only a fan of Apple products, I have stock in the company. I think Steve Jobs has started one of the greatest corporations in the world.

I always believed it would happen and stuck to my guns.

I think anybody that's worked hard and has built something and has been successful can testify to how, you know, how wonderful that was, how wonderful it still is.

I still love old-school hip-hop, but there hasn't been a lot that I've taken from the new stuff.

I like who I am.

Two of my grandparents died in a car crash. Sucks, 'cause they would have lived to a hundred.

I make a lot of money. I can take a pay cut. All my friends are taking pay cuts that are in the unions, that are - that are farming in Alabama or whatever it is. I can surely take a pay cut, too, not cutting down my show or - or the people that work for me, I can take a pay cut.

People in north Michigan are not different at all from people in southern Alabama. Trust me, someone who's spent a lot of time in both places. They're all hardworking, simple people.

I've paid for more pianos in hotel lobbies than you can imagine.

I never said I wanted to be around for a long time. I always said I wanted to be here for a good time.

I am an avid hunter and marksman, and I will not hesitate to shoot anyone who has myself or family in fear for our lives.

Getting married was a ball. Being married was... a nightmare.

Every day I feel different about music, but what never changes is my love for it.

I tend to vote Republican, but I don't like the hardcore views on either side, and I'm not in bed with anybody.

I love to be pushed so I can prove myself, because once again, I will.

You've got to work hard for your success and you've got to have a steady presence. That's the secret.

You know, I guess there's enough information out there to support that I'm a crazy, wild dude and rock and roll and this, that and the other. And there's enough information to support that, you know, I'm a single father, that, you know, has been a pretty standup guy in his community and pretty private about that stuff. But it's on both sides.

These poor kids in Baghdad have no running water, no showers. They wipe with baby wipes. My heart goes out to them.

If you had told me when I was starting out that I would be coming down to Nashville, kind of weaving in and out of the country scene, I never would've thought that in a million years.

And there's a feeling you get from making music that is unlike anything else in the world.

I've got friends who didn't vote. I want to smack them upside the head.

I've never done songs with people just for the sake of the great combination. I've always done songs with friends.

I still believe I have a lot of liberal thoughts, but I also believe when you work hard, you shouldn't be penalized and pay more because you work hard.

I don't tell 'U.S. Weekly' which parties I'm going to. I write songs.

That's why I called my record Devil Without a Cause - I'm a white boy who's so sick of hearing that white kids are going to steal rap.

I've always made music from the heart, and that's what I do.

They believed you can't mix rock, country, and rap, and that crossover is dead. I always knew it would work. And it will always work as long as you're really into it and like what you're doing.

I don't read books. I like to read newspapers and magazines, but I've never learnt to enjoy books or novels.

I've got my own studio, so I sit in my studio writing and if I get a great take, that's the take.

I have nightmares that I'm going to wake up, and everyone's driving a Prius and living in a condo, and we're all getting health insurance.

Money's really - you know, song writing, yes, there's money to be made and things like that. But really, when you talk about the real money, you talk about touring. No question.

When I was making my first record there would be something that would come out that would inspire you, you know? You'd see someone on TV or on the radio.

I do not believe that artists or actors and people should be out there like voicing their full-blown opinions on politics because, let's face it, at the end of the day, I'm not that smart of a guy.

But honestly, it's pretty weird; there are girls who'd do absolutely everything just to get a backstage pass. I don't know what it is, but really, when you're on national TV in America the girls love you. They all want you! And I'm not complaining!

People love to hate other people.

There's so many examples of just how lucky we are to be born anywhere in this world that is free.

A common man, even like myself, I don't know how to pay my taxes.

I see the people in Detroit are very - they're like a lot of cities, but they're very proud to be from there and they really want to see change and they really want to see good things happen.

Bringing people together is one of my favorite things... I believed that's what a rock 'n' roll Jesus would really do - bring people together through music.

The program director at a radio station, by the way, is not the superstar. If he was a superstar, he'd be out creating songs, but he's not. But he wants to act like he has control and power.

I'm actually a pretty decent human being, and when I'm home I'm straight as an arrow.

My goal is to get quieter as I get older.

Knowing so many people like myself who are singers and in traveling bands, the people you're in a relationship with feel slighted because they feel you're giving all your energy to your fans, and there's a lot of truth to that.