I tell my daughters, 'If something doesn't feel right, whether that's going to a party, doing a video, shooting something, you're around someone that's creeping you out, use your gut. If you're in a car with a driver and something don't feel right, use your gut.'

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I always think in life passion supersedes everything.

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[My hair] creates this Tarzanesque, likeable bad-boy image. It says, 'I am a wild child. I will take you on a Harley ride, then make passionate love to you. And should you be attacked by a lion or an idiot at a bar, I will protect you.'

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Sometimes I will endanger my own life to pleasure a woman.

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As far back as I can remember, I am one of those guys that works hard and plays harder. I have to have both.

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I'm addicted to creating and writing.

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The secret to #success lies in the gap between dream and reality.

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dream lying reality

I've had plenty of big hits and plenty of big misses.

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plenty bigs missing

All my life, I've been a type 1 diabetic. I've always taken life day by day.

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My life is part humor, part roses, part thorns.

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The bottom line is that TV can either be a great asset to your career, or if you're a complete ass that people hate, it can be the final nail in your coffin.

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Everyone wants to go to the party and the red carpet, but my life is 90% the work.

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I don't care what anyone says. You have to wake up and say to yourself, 'I accept that I have diabetes, and I'm not going to let it run my entire life.' It's a fine line, a Catch-22, a balancing act. I work to enjoy my life like a regular human being and at the same time keep my blood sugar levels as decent as possible.

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You want to go to a summer concert and not watch a band staring at its shoes for six hours and complaining.

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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.

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rocks errors people

We were in Greenville, South Carolina, where he lived, and he was coming the next day to the show, but he passed away the night before. I was very close to my grandfather. He was the first guy to teach me how to ride a motorcycle, so (his death) meant a lot to me. It just gave me a perspective on life and how important it is to live it and enjoy it while we're here. Sometimes we're looking for the grass to be greener, and what's awesome is right in front of you.

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next-day perspective night

I love it. It's all good to me. Whether I'm performing in New York, L.A., Columbus or Des Moines, I give 110 percent every night.

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new-york giving night

I do meet-and-greets at every show and meet a minimum of 20-35 fans at each.

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minimum fans shows

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.

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chasing band destruction

You'll laugh at the comedy of errors that is my life.

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I'm not the new kid on the block anymore. Writers always use the phrase "aging rocker," and I'm like, "What other option do I have?" You're either aging or you're dead.

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