--- description: The Kentucky Republican seems to like Pharrell title: Rand Paul Likes Pharrell, Wife Likes Carrie Underwood image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c3145d0fcf8e0a8/69868d161eebf762aa370aa1/140429-time-100-gala-0322.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [TIME 100](/tag/time-100/) ## TIME 100 Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Rand Paul: 'Happy' Is All Over the Place by [Zeke Miller](/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 30, 2014 12:57 AM CUT  Rand Paul and Kelley Ashby at the Time 100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on April, 29, 2014 Rand Paul and Kelley Ashby at the Time 100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on April, 29, 2014Jonathan D. Woods for TIME by [Zeke Miller](/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 30, 2014 12:57 AM CUT Senator Rand Paul was having a good time at [the TIME 100 gala](http://time.com/81117/time-100-gala-time-magazine/ "undefined") on Tuesday — but that doesn’t mean he planned to dance. “We’re excited to hear the music,” Paul, a Kentucky Republican and a [TIME 100 honoree](http://time.com/70849/rand-paul-2014-time-100/ "undefined"), said in a brief interview. “[Pharrell](http://time.com/70907/pharrell-williams-2014-time-100/ "undefined"), ‘Happy,’ is all over the place.” Paul’s wife Kelley Ashby chimed in with her own reference to a TIME 100 honoree, [Carrie Underwood](http://time.com/70814/carrie-underwood-2014-time-100/ "undefined"): “Jesus takes the wheel!” “Last year we had Amy Poehler at our table,” Ashby recalled. “We were up dancing to Miguel, which was so fun. We said we wanted to have a good table this year. We want to be up dancing like last year.” Paul chimed in skeptically: “One of us will be dancing, maybe.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/82028/rand-paul-happy-is-all-over-the-place/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/82028/rand-paul-happy-is-all-over-the-place/"},"headline":"Rand Paul: 'Happy' Is All Over the Place","datePublished":"2014-04-30T00:57:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:15:12.419Z","description":"The Kentucky Republican seems to like Pharrell","url":"https://time.com/82028/rand-paul-happy-is-all-over-the-place/","keywords":["TIME 100","TIME 100","TIME 100 Gala"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c3145d0fcf8e0a8/69868d161eebf762aa370aa1/140429-time-100-gala-0322.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Zeke Miller","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c3145d0fcf8e0a8/69868d161eebf762aa370aa1/140429-time-100-gala-0322.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Time 100 Gala","caption":"Time 100 Gala","creditText":"Jonathan D. Woods for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-100/","name":"TIME 100"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/82028/rand-paul-happy-is-all-over-the-place/","name":"Rand Paul: 'Happy' Is All Over the Place"}}]}] ```