I'm still hungry. I've still got a million ideas. I'm still strong and ready to create.

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.

The melody seems to have gone to the country. The country music seems to still have melody and interesting lyrics. But pop music, you've got to really listen hard to somebody who's doing a good melody and a good lyric.

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

There's just no quiet in Vegas.

I couldn't bear the road anymore. I'm sure that a lot of people who have been on the road a long time will say the same thing. After a while, waiting for bedroom service and planes - I wanted to go home.