It's a whole team of people working 24 hours around the clock to make me look like this.

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?

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 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?

I don't understand why people like me! It doesn't make any sense!

I think I probably hoped for it a little bit, but I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist... or maybe even a pessimist.

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