I was only 11 when we filmed the pilot. The idea of a rapper being a star on a sitcom just wasn't heard of.

I never set out to be a role model, but I guess parents like it because I am dedicated to school.

I had short hair for a while, but I ended up loving it.

Being on Disney, a lot of young people look up to me.

He's the president of the United States. He's got to work 14 to 16 hours a day, run foreign and domestic policy. If he's got time for mistresses after all that, what the hell difference does it make?

The whole point of politics is to stay in touch, to be relevant to modern problems, to offer people relief from current worries, to give them hope based on contemporary experience.

It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government.

I do think that the elections of 2010 and 2012 are going to determine the trajectory of the country. Either we're going to be aspiring and improving opportunities based on freedom and responsibility, or we're going to go down the path that dictates and mandates a dependency on government.