There's definitely a visual aspect and an emotional aspect to a song. And that harks back, for me, to theater.

It's amazing what a spray-on tan will do.

I'm competitive to a fault, so of course every week I'm just like, "I want to win, I want to do great."

I will never shy away from embarrassing myself for a good cause

Some of the best rock shows I ever saw were those appealing to all your senses.

I'm admittedly a record guy. Singles and I are a different beast. I'm definitely an overall picture thinker.

I got to play with ZZ Top and introduce Bryan Adams and George Michael. And to have it all topped off by me winning 'American Idol?!' It's pretty absurd.