My life is part humor, part roses, part thorns.
Every day that I wake up has to be a good day!
I don't want to be a reality retro star.
You can't have self-pity. At some point, you have to say, 'These are the cards I've been dealt, and I'm going to play them.'
I may have some things tougher than the average person, but there are a lot of people who are going through worse things than me. I can't live in fear.
I'm the son of a Navy veteran, my two sisters are in the Air Force, I have a cousin who's a Navy Seal, and more.
I absolutely love and respect the past, but I'm not a 'glory days' guy. I love where we've been and love where I'm at and going.
The philosophy of my life is the harder I worked, the luckier I got.
I want to tell the story. Mostly, when you see rock movies, it has to be this over-the-top thing. I want to give people a Bret Michaels movie where they see that my life is a comedy of errors. I also want to show my fans how to get through the kind of troubles that would leave most people flat on the floor.
With 'I Want Action,' I think people take it in the context of the Sunset Strip and the party scene; it was tongue-in-cheek.
I always think in life passion supersedes everything.
A lot of bands live and breathe out of hotels. I just happen to be the one that lives on my bus. I have camped and RVed my entire life.
I want to fill my life with as much awesome stuff as I can.
Thoroughly read all your contracts. I really mean thoroughly.
I've had plenty of big hits and plenty of big misses.
I'm addicted to creating and writing.
I am truly independently owned and operated.
Any band that is out there chasing it is doing more destruction to music then someone who is out there playing what they truly feel.
For me as a solo artist, I never want to be a nostalgia act.
I do meet-and-greets at every show and meet a minimum of 20-35 fans at each.
