Looking back on my career, some of the hardest times - eight people at a show, 12 people on a bus - were some of the most fun.

Maybe it's oldest-child syndrome, but I have always been competitive, even as a kid with sports. It spills into my career.

Once your career becomes about something other than the music, then that's what it is. I'll never make that mistake.

Everybody always tells you what an awesome and unique experience being a parent is. Words can never do the feeling justice.

I'm a sucker for giving people money on the street. I don't know if it's a good or a bad thing, but I can't help myself.

There are some really wealthy hedge fund billionaires in San Francisco who have pledged a lot of money for Democratic candidates to argue for cap and trade and carbon tax and all these things.

I have nothing against wealth; I believe that government has a role to play in creating it by supporting pro-growth policies. However, success comes with responsibility.

No matter what the circumstances are, we the fighters need to speak up and make it be known we want to fight each other. We go to our promoters and managers and tell them to get it done because at the end of the day, we're the ones fighting, the ones making them the money.