QVC has been very good to me.

What we hear now is great-sounding records with great-sounding grooves and loops. And the sound of these records is irresistible, but the craft of songwriting is just about over. That's why, whenever I get an opportunity to do an album full of standards, I jump at it because I miss it.

'If I Should Love Again' - I was just so impressed with myself writing something like that. It wasn't a single and people didn't really know about it, but it's a beautiful song and that's part of what I'm loving.

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.

Fame is always a shock to the system; there's no school to go to, there are no books to read, and when it hits you, it's a surprise. You could be working for 10, 20 years and when it finally hits you, you get knocked down.

You can't possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.

You say something stupid and the next morning you're in the headlines.