"I'm not trying to steer people in a direction. I'm just trying to move them. Wherever it takes them, it doesn't matter to me. I just want them to be moved in one way or another, and that's a hard thing to do, I think."

"Democracy can tie your hands in a rock 'n' roll band, you know? It can be a great thing, but if you've got a certain amount of vision and you write a lot of songs, it's sometimes better to have your own band and make your own decisions."

"I'd rather have 1000 of our fans than 10,000 Kid Rock fans!"

"For a lot of folks who get sober, the process of getting and staying sober becomes their higher power, and it becomes a religion that sort of consumes a whole lot of them. I just don't think that that's necessary. I think that that can be a side note rather than the story of your life."

"Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs."

"The closer and more confidential our relationship with someone, the less we are entitled to ask about what we are not voluntarily told."

"Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a consumer society, where people greet all official pronouncements with suspicion."

"I feel that if you are blessed, or lucky enough, to be doing well, you should help others."