Joy' to me is a reflection of the life experiences that I've had throughout the first record and kind of having some time and a hiatus. It's just like all of those experiences that I had during that period - that growing up period.

I believe that we should be able to marry whom ever we choose. As long as both people are willing... I say go for it!

I would love to work with Jack White or Kanye West.

I love rock music, I love country music - I love all music, let's be honest!

There is no legislative change that can be made to make up for an economy that's not growing and not expanding.

Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military.

I've always been able to transform happiness and pain and sorrow and tears into positive energy.

The solution is to change the cake recipe, and that's the way it is with government. We can start adopting policies that work and that encourage economic growth. If you got incentives for encouraging big business development but not small or medium business development, it's not going to work. It needs to work for all three.