Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.

You know, when I did 'American Idol' the three times, I tried to tell these kids you have to tell the story of the lyric.

Here's proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.

I keep reading about people who want to be famous - it's not that they want to be great songwriters or great actors, they want to be celebrities. That is scary because you can be famous doing some really stupid things.

Yeah, I'm old as the hills and you would think I'd be out to pasture someplace because I've done everything, but nothing has changed.

I believe that we are who we choose to be. Nobody is going to come and save you. You've got to save yourself. Nobody is going to give you anything. You've got to go out and fight for it.

Keep your family and old friends around you. That's what I had done and that's what saved my life when it came to being famous.