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"Melodies are far more interesting. They are there, in your face, in certain sections of the songs. People do complain about the melody thing, but we do hit patches of melody and beauty, as well as the other stuff."
"We for sure need to secure the border. I think we need to enforce the legal system. I'm not for amnesty, I'm not an advocate of the plans that have been pushed here in Washington... we need to find a way for people to have a legitimate legal immigration system in this country, and that doesn't mean amnesty."
"Chief executives that are successful make good chief executives."
"But Mitt Romney understands, like I understand, that people - not governments - create jobs."
"You see, here in America there's a reason why we celebrate the 4th of July and not April 15th because in America we celebrate our independence from the government, not our dependence on it."
"I have not made any plans for the future, and my wife would kill me if I announced anything before that."
"And I think Governor Romney has a shot if the 'R' next to his name doesn't just stand for 'Republican,' it stands for 'reformer."
"Now things have changed for the better. Our reforms end seniority and tenure so we can hire and fire based on merit and pay based on performance. That means we can put the best and the brightest in our classrooms - and we can keep them there."
"My problem with public sector union leaders, the bosses, has been they stood in the way of protecting the taxpayer."
"Political leaders in Illinois kicked the can down the road, raised taxes, and ignored fiscal realities. Now, they're realizing the consequences of their actions: credit downgrades and negative outlooks."
"A wise governor told me a long time ago, political capital you don't get more of by keeping it. You get it by using it."
"I just think this is people who are chronically looking for ways to be upset about things."
"I believe that smaller government is better government. But I also believe that in the areas where government does play a legitimate role, we should demand that it is done better."
"More people on unemployment benefits is not success in America, fewer people on not because we kicked them off but because they have been able to get a job in the private sector, because government got out of the way."
"One of the things I get amused by is when my opponent talks about the middle class."
"When I'm writing a lyric, I totally forget about the music. I'm just looking at the lyric and thinking about it almost as a separate entity. And then I'll go to my keyboard with all the lyrics printed out and try to think of how to make this a complete musical thing. I've got a very basic keyboard with some presets."
"Matching sounds in your head is made a lot easier with all the technology. It is the nonelectronic noises that are challenging, as you have to find ways of communicating those to the people you're working with."
"You know, people like Hillary Clinton think you grow the economy by growing Washington. I think most of us in America understand that people, not the government creates jobs. And one of the best things we can do is get the government out of the way, put in reign in all the out of control regulations, put in place and all of the above energy policy, give people the education, the skills that the need to succeed, and lower the tax rate and reform the tax code."
"About 70 percent of everything is really sketched out on my keyboard beforehand, because I do want accidents to happen in the studio."
"My kids were targeted on Facebook by protesters."