Sneakers are not my thing.

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

'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.

I've been up, down, trying to get the feeling again. All around, trying to get the feeling again. The one that makes me shiver, made my knees start to quiver.

I never wanted to be a performer, that was not one of my goals. I wanted to be a musician and that was that.

I've always wanted to marry Elton John.