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Rocker Bret Michaels was such a good sport during our recent interview about his show "Rock of Love Bus" that we decided to keep grilling him until he made us stop.

(Note: We didn't ask Bret about his hair extensions or what he looks like without the bandana, because he's already addressed those issues in full. Journalism, people.)

Say one of your daughters asks to get her cheeks pierced and her arms sleeved like Brittanya. You say "Wait until you're ____ [how many years old]"

They'd have to be 21 minimum. A little dolphin on the ankle or a rose on the shoulder blade I'm all good with that at 18 to 21, but there is no piercing of the body until 21 or older.

On the show you've said you're wary of dating a stripper again, but you cast strippers and bring your dates to strip clubs. Are you trying to re-create that past relationship? Or are you commitment-phobic and like having an excuse to dump them?

Let me wrap this into one big burrito. I find strippers sexy. I like a little of that bad-girl image. Almost all men, here's our dilemma -- if they're sexy with you, you wanna think that's just for you. Then when you find out they're capable of saying the same thing to every guy, you go, Does she actually care, or am I just #57 for the evening?

I know what they do and I expect them to do their job, but at some point you'd like to believe they can leave that job and emotionally connect.


Real boobs vs. fake -- do you have a preference?

Bigger draws the attention, no doubt. However if you look at Jes or Ambre, obviously they didn't have the biggest breasts on the show. Fake, real, big, small – it's all good.

They say that evolutionarily, men like the novelty of big boobs, but long term, it's too much work to have to ward off all that attention.

I have an explanation for that -- where you find love is knowing that my girl can be smokin' hot and all she wants is me. I don't want to have to defend it. I want to know that my girlfriend can go out, she can look smokin' hot at the grocery store, six guys are gonna come up and lay their best line and she'll just be like, "Thank you very much but I have a boyfriend or husband." That's the ultimate dream of a guy.

This is supposedly the last season you're doing of "Rock of Love." What's next?
The tour is really awesome, it's been totally sold out. We've got a lot of great fans. Then we have a few weeks off. I'm gonna spend that time writing and doing stuff for a new album and spend it with my daughters.

I've got the book coming out in April called "Roses and Thorns." I'm one of the few guys who has the pictures to back up what I'm saying. A lot of those books are, "Hey I banged 50 chicks one night." Maybe. I have some good photos for all my stories so I get to tell you everything, from being bombed in Iraq to being born -- I was born butt first, bent over.

Finally, do you have a favorite eyeliner?

I don't have a preference in brand, but coffee works wonders. It gives me that guyliner pop. Not good for motocross, great for the stage.

Don't miss our post on Bret's best relationship advice. "Rock of Love Bus" airs Sunday nights at 9 EST. Michaels' tour is busing to a city near you.