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My mom was a championship pool player.
I don't eat sushi, but I eat cooked meat.
I just love singing, songwriting and touring.
I don't really have a certain format that I go by.
I have a dog named Steve that lives at the studio.
I think my music speaks for itself - it backs me up.
With a good melody... music gets me through everything.
My favorite sport is baseball; my cousin is pitcher Heath Bell.
I grew up on Jerry Lewis and Abbot and Costello, the Marx Brothers.
My first two records were influenced by the Beatles and the Beach Boys.
My dream has been to have my rock band behind me, play live, and entertain.
I love acting, but music is so much more rewarding because it's more personal.
Leslie Nielsen was my favorite growing up; getting to work with him was amazing.
I grew up on oldies like the Beatles and the Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin and The Who.
I'm on stage where Rivers Cuomo from Weezer was standing? It's kind of a mind trip.
Rufus Wainwright is my go-to for any kind of emotion. He's got songs for all of it.
Paul McCartney would be the end all, be all. To work with Paul would just be amazing.
I'm nervous the first few songs, and then I'm like, 'I got this audience. I'm ready!'
I've been to a lot of places while touring, but I'd have to say Switzerland was my favorite.
Artists like Justin Bieber or Lady Gaga have more sway over popular minds than a politician.
I love 'Airplane,' the 'Naked Gun' films; everything the Zucker brothers have done is just awesome.
The hardest thing about being famous? Just working I guess. Just work. The famous part's the luxury.
I love Christmas. I'm totally the 'decorate early, start listening to Christmas songs super-early' guy.
I was raised on Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly and discovered the Stray Cats when I was 11 or 12 years old.
I would say that I'm more than just a teeny-bopper artist... that my music can appeal to people of all ages.
I started playing music when I was around 10. I always wanted to be in a band, so I started out by playing drums.
My first guitar was a Gretsch 6120, and I just loved listening to artists like Elvis, Chuck Berry and Stray Cats.
I'm totally the 'decorate early, start listening to Christmas songs super early' guy. I've just always been that way.
A lot of the people I'd love to work with, like John Lennon, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, aren't alive, unfortunately.
I love 'Drake and Josh.' It's supposed to have a demographic of ages 9-14, but really, it's 9-84. There is no demographic.
When I was 5, I did a commercial for Whirlpool sitting on a tree stump eating a popsicle that dripped all over my clothes.
I am 'Mr. Karaoke Guy' in the car completely. I just go with it and don't care what anyone else thinks - I'm singing, man!
The fans are especially amazing in Mexico. You look out your window, and there are fans that stay out there all night long.
Dealing with sketch comedy and buddy teams like Abbott and Costello, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby - I just loved buddy comedies.
I wake up in the morning, walk downstairs, and just bang on the piano and write about what's going on in the world around me.
Play every day. I don't know. I'm not sure what kind of advice I would give. You just have to do it every second that you can.
I hope my fans will grow with me. I want to be like Michael Jackson: 5-year-olds love his music, and 75-year-olds love his music.
When I picked up the guitar for the first time, it opened up a whole new world for me. I became obsessed with writing and playing.
If you look back to a picture of me when I was 12 years old, you will probably see me in a leather jacket trying to look like Elvis!
I just think it's so much more rewarding and important to go around the world and bring people together as opposed to pushing people away.
I loved John Lennon. I read interviews, and whatever he said he liked, I would go and listen to them. That is what I want to do with my fans.
That's why you have the long hours in the studio and on sets: so you can come out and see the fans. To see the smiles you put on people's faces.
It wasn't like a "I know I wanted to do this," I was sort of just - I was five and my dad kinda said hey, you wanna be an actor and I said sure.
I like to play music and sleep. But most of all, I love to work... I don't really play sports, so I like to spend my time playing guitar or piano.
My dad sat me in front of the TV, and instead of putting on Nick Jr. or something, he put me in front of 'Jailhouse Rock' and all the Elvis movies.
I don't want just 25-year-old girls watching my show. I want Grandma, Grandpa and Mom and Dad and the kids. I just want everyone to hear good music.
We're going to be human, and we are going to make mistakes, but you really should understand the power that you have and embrace it in a positive way.
I can remember just learning to walk and trying to dance like Elvis and sing like Elvis, so I was very, very passionate about music at a very young age.
I grew up on Nickelodeon.On All That and Are You Afraid of the Dark, and Salute Your Shorts and Rocco's Modern Life and all that. That was my generation.
If I catch one of my fans saying something improper, a gay slur or any derogatory term, I instantly tweet directly at them and say, 'This isn't how we do it.'