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My town hall meetings are with friends and neighbors, fellow Americans. We engage.

So, for me the town hall meetings are really an opportunity to engage in two-way dialogue with people, and they've been very helpful.

Special interests and opponents have figured out how easy it is to disrupt town halls and get their own message out. The days of the truly free-form town halls may be over.

I enjoy the crowds. It's not that hard to talk to them, to have fun with them.

I don't really yell at people.

If you've never been to one of my concerts. I want you to know that it is OK to scream and yell.

Shouting down and intimidating someone from speaking their mind is not exactly a Vermont town meeting value, nor should it be an American town meeting value.

I've had meetings where there were literally, like, 12 angry men in a room and me. And even when everyone shot me down, I somehow dug in one more time.

I've had fans come and knock on my door. I'm usually polite, but I'm usually very direct and say, 'It's not cool that you come here uninvited.'

In my house, I'm not allowed to shout at anybody. It's very strict. It's a very Christian home.