When the answer to all my dreams is as close as a touch away, why am I here holding back what I'm trying to say?

I'm really not that special. Really, I'm not. I was on a big TV show, but it was just a TV show.

But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting on money to much.

If my career detour from special education to singing has done one thing, it has afforded me the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others.

I thought about that the other day after I went to the grocery store and had to sign fifteen autographs before leaving. On one hand, it's just so flattering. On the other hand, sometimes it would be nice to get the bread and leave, you know?

A song is like a smile. If you meet people from another country, even if you don't speak the same language, you know what a smile means. A song works the same way. Music produces feelings that need no translation.

I was on TV for almost sixteen weeks during American Idol. It's at the point now where it's old.