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

I can make the argument that people who don't have the biggest ranges but have very unique voices, even if they may be pitchy at times... with the right record that's really unique and distinct, they can have big hits.

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

I've never in my life bought a big piece of jewelry - like, 'I'm gonna get myself a big piece of jewelry!' Songwriters' lives are unstable and up and down. Even though mine has sort of has followed more of a going toward the sky trajectory.

Look at someone like Ke$ha. I wouldn't say she's got the most rangy, incredible voice, but she's got a thing. She stands for something, and people are buying into that.

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

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.