I signal with an independent label, Continuum. After that I put out a totally independent record, sold fourteen thousand of them from my basement, bought a house, started raising my kid, made a decent living.

That's what I love from metal, and that's what I love from hip-hop. That's what I love from any music that's hard, that's got an edge to it-The attitude in it.

Being a father helps me be more responsible... you see more things than you've ever seen.

I think what I've learned out of this lifetime is you should be proud of where you come from.

Rock 'n' roll is much easier if you're white.

It's not that I'm Mr. Goody-Two-Shoes now, but I've got my priorities in order.

My past is a bit checkered.

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

I didn't want to go out and change anything. I just wanted to make the music that was part of my background, which was rock and blues and hip-hop.

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 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.

If it looks good, you'll see it. If it sounds good, you'll hear it. If it's marketed right, you'll buy it. But... if it's real, you'll feel it.

Going out hanging out with the troops, and you know it's kind of all summed up in the TV show, I don't what else I can say about it. It's a great thing to do, something I'm definitely proud of.

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!

I want as many people as possible to hear my music. I'm happy to entertain people by being a star.

I care less if I can't be part of your scene because I am the scene. I am everything that is.

I know every Skynyrd and about all Johnny Cash songs.

Why does anything ever happen? Some things happen and some don't.

On a scale of the United States, the Hollywood influence on what comes out, that's not the majority views of across the country. What we read in Us Weekly or People magazine, or Entertainment Tonight, it's not what the majority of the country is thinking.

As far as my street cred goes, I'll always have that, because I always hang with the kids. I'll jump right off the stage and buy them a beer. I'll be a star on stage, but I'll always hang with the kids.

I think I did every drug known to mankind, smoked crack, boozed, dropped acid, you name it.

My take on rap is driven by straightforward American southern rock and blues.

A lot of people told me that I'm committing musical suicide with my sound.

My shows aren't about trying to save some place, because I don't feel that's the right venue for it. That's my politics right there: Don't bring politics to my shows.

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.

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

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

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

I signal with an independent label, Continuum. After that I put out a totally independent record, sold fourteen thousand of them from my basement, bought a house, started raising my kid, made a decent living.

You know, when I started I liked Big Macs and Budweiser and I still like Big Macs and Budweiser.

Europeans don't seem to have the groupie mentality.

I could care less about what people think. I'm a Devil Without A Cause.

I was the little white kid who rocked the turntables.

Are some women and children going to die? Yeah. But it's doing the right thing. You got money, you sit around talking about peace. People who don't have money need some help.

I didn't come from a trailer park. I grew up middle class and my dad had money and my mom made my lunch. I got a car when I was sixteen. I'm proud of that.

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

But I'm a great father. That's why I got custody.

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

All girls want to be sexy.

As a musician, you want the music in as many hands as you can get it into. More importantly, I want people to get the music for the fairest price, and in the most convenient way. And that's really turned into iTunes when you're talking about selling albums.

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.

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.

Detroit: Cars and rock 'n' roll. Not a bad combo.

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

Everything I've done in my career has started in and around Detroit, you know, the metro area and Michigan.

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

Go where you're celebrated, not tolerated. I'm celebrated in Detroit.

I always looked up to so many people before me and was lucky to become such good friends with them. I learned so much hanging out with those cats.