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I think my dad would make an incredible president, and it would be great if he'd run again. But personally, for our family, part of me is glad that he didn't. We lost our mother recently, and we need to focus on ourselves.

My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States.

My dad was phenomenal. Born in Mexico, lived poor, didn't graduate from college, and becomes head of a car company and then governor of a state. I can't imagine I would have ever thought about running for office had I not seen my dad do it.

My dad came out of the Roosevelt era and the Depression. One person and one party made a difference in his life. That's what everybody forgot when they called my father and other people political bosses.

I miss my dad, yes. But I try to honor his memory, as well as all the victims of Hurricane Katrina, through the love I have for all humanity, a love I try to express through my music.

I missed my dad a lot growing up, even though we were together as a family. My dad was really a workaholic. And he was always working.

I know that my dad not being in my life made a huge impact on me.

If I think of all the family members, I was probably the only one who was excited with the possibility of my dad's entering public office.

But more importantly, I think he remembered how very close I was with my own dad, who had died in 1997.

My father was a public figure all my life, and so the presidency was an extension of that. I guess you get used to it, though you can stand back occasionally and think, 'Boy, this is really weird!'