A great song should make you stop everything that you're doing. You should be so into it that you just can't imagine doing anything else for that moment. You wouldn't even dream of picking up the phone.

Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer.

Some of the best songs that artists perform year after year are ones they hated.

I can sing in front of people. I can go on a TV show, live, and not feel like I'm going to throw up.

When I look at myself, I'd like not to have hair on the top of the ceiling.

Songwriters tell the truth.

I felt like I got more comfortable on "Idol" when I just started being myself and not trying to be what I thought I had to be.